Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin

Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin

1962
1h 28m
5.0

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Overview

During a fever, Tateo, the male protagonist believes he is dying and has the hallucination that his beautiful wife, Reiko (Tamaki Katori), the daughter of a wealthy family, is having an affair w/ another man. He then tells her an ancient Chinese story: the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi wanted to test the faithfulness of his wife, so he faked his own death; the wife was grief-stricken and went into mourning. While funeral arrangements were in progress, a handsome young man came to call on Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi's wife soon fell into love w/ the young man and decided to marry hi. However, the young man fell ill; his servant said that the only medicine to cure him is human brain. Zhuangzi's wife eventually decided to break his husband's coffin and take his brain. However the young man turns out be Zhuangzi in disguise.

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Oriental Film Company Okura Pictures
Production Countries
Taiwan Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 沖縄怪談逆吊り幽霊 支那怪談死棺破り
Release Date June 13, 1962
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0893358

Cast

Tamaki Katori
Tamaki Katori

Reiko (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Jōji Ōhara
Jōji Ōhara

Takeo Higa (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Kyōko Ōgimachi
Kyōko Ōgimachi

Akemi (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Shao Lo-Hui
Shao Lo-Hui

Chuang Tzu (segment "Broken Coffin")

Rong Bai
Rong Bai

Madam Tabana

Miyako Ichijō
Miyako Ichijō

Widow (segment "Broken Coffin")

Shiro Enami
Shiro Enami

Young Man

Key Crew

Shao Lo-Hui
Director
Mitsuo Kaneda
Screenplay
Satoru Kobayashi
Director
Minoru Matsui
Screenplay
Ren Huang
Screenplay