Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern (1979)

日本名作怪談劇場 怪談 玉菊燈籠

Dance teacher Omiyo survives a double suicide with her lover and is forced into life as the courtesan Tamagiku in Yoshiwara. Living in misery, she meets Gengo, her lover’s look-alike brother, and they fall in love. Jealous rival Naraya frames Gengo as a criminal, and he is struck by lightning and killed before Tamagiku’s eyes. After her own death, Tamagiku rises from hell to seek revenge on Naraya and his allies.

Date of release
1979-08-01
Runtime
45m
Genres
TV Movie, Horror, Drama
Director
Junji Kurata
Collection
Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō

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