Oiwa has been searching for the one who killed her father for a long time. She comes to Yedo and sees a man named Naosuke. The film is based on the kabuki classic: Toukaidou Yotsuya Kaidan (1826) written by Tsuruya Nanboku and is one of the most famous ghost stories throughout Japan.
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Tomisaburō Wakayama as Iemon
Akemi Tsukushi as Oume
Chieko Sōma as Oiwa
Haruo Tanaka as Naosuke
Shigeru Ogura as Takuetsu
Chōko Iida as Omaki
Kō Mihashi as Ito Kihei
Masao Takamatsu as Samon
Michiko Ozawa as Osode
Kikuko Hanaoka as Oyumi
Nanboku Tsuruya Original Story
Toshio Goto Editor
Tatsuo Yamada Assistant Director
Mitsugi Okura Executive Producer
Hideo Oguni Screenplay
Torao Tanabe Screenplay
Hiroshi Suzuki Director of Photography
Akira Yaguchi Lighting Technician
Kenji Murayama Sound Recordist
Haruyasu Kurosawa Art Direction
Urato Watanabe Original Music Composer
Masaki Mōri Director
Yotsuya kaidan Trailer
Japan 12 July 1956
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1956 Shintoho Company.
