"The haunting of a passionate love." 06 September 1978 Drama, Horror, Romance 105 mins
A married woman and her lover murder her husband and dump his body into a well, but his ghost returns to haunt them as the local gossip intensifies.
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Takahiro Tamura as Gisaburo
Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Seki
Tatsuya Fuji as Toyoji
Takuzō Kawatani as Inspector Hotta
Akiko Koyama as Young Master's Mother
Taiji Tonoyama as Toichiro
Kenzō Kawarasaki as Young Master
Sumie Sasaki as Odame
Masami Hasegawa as Oshin
Osugi as Dancer
Rinichi Yamamoto as Kurazo
Kei Satō as Orator
Nagisa Ōshima Director
Toru Takemitsu Original Music Composer
Shigeru Wakatsuki Producer
Itoko Nakamura Screenplay
Anatole Dauman Producer
Nagisa Ōshima Writer
Keiichi Uraoka Editor
Tetsuo Yasuda Sound Recordist
Yoshio Miyajima Director of Photography
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Germany 06 April 1979
France 06 September 1978
Japan 28 October 1978
Sweden 15 February 1980
Taiwan 22 January 2021
United States 26 March 1979
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