Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern
One day, a funeral was held at one of the tenements in Asakusa. It was the only son of a wealthy merchant named Matasaburo, who had run away from home with a woman he was in love with and had been living here. But this funeral was actually a kyogen (a farce) orchestrated by a gardener named Yunosuke, who had planted it without telling his wife, Okinu, in order to bilk his parents out of their money. Matasaburo believed Yunosuke, who said he would dig him up right away, and was buried in the ground. ......
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- Cast:
- Ganjirō Nakamura II , Reiko Fujiwara , Yukio Horikita , Hiroshi Nawa , Shintarō Nanjō , Kimiko Tachibana , Teruko Omi
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Very disappointing...
Very Cool!!!
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.