Illusion of Blood (1965)
四谷怪談
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
- Date of release
- 1965-07-25
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (11)
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Genres
- Horror
- Director
- Shirō Toyoda
Casting
- Tatsuya Nakadai — Iyemon Tamiya
- Mariko Okada — Oiwa
- Junko Ikeuchi — Osode
- Mayumi Ozora — Oume
- Keiko Awaji — Omaki
- Eitarō Ozawa — Ito Kihei
- Masao Mishima — Takuetsu
- Mikijiro Hira — Sato Yomoshichi
- Eijirō Tōno
- Yasushi Nagata — Yotsuya Samon
- Yūsuke Takita
- Nobuitsu Nakano
Interesting facts
Illusion of Blood is a 1965 Japanese drama and horror film directed by Shirō Toyoda.
Production
Illusion of Blood was based on the kabuki play Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan by Nanboku Tsuruya, which had already been adapted to film before, including The Yotsuya Ghost Story I & II and The Yotsuya Ghost Story. This version of the film focuses on the increasing madness of the character of Iemon Tamiya.
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