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

Jun 13, 1962 · 1h 28m
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Horror

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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.

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CAST

Tamaki Katori
Reiko (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")
Jōji Ōhara
Takeo Higa (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")
Kyōko Ōgimachi
Akemi (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")
Shao Lo-Hui
Chuang Tzu (segment "Broken Coffin")
Rong Bai
Madam Tabana
Miyako Ichijō
Widow (segment "Broken Coffin")
Shiro Enami
Young Man
Directed by Shao Lo-Hui

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
JA
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Oriental Film Company, Okura Pictures
Country
JP, TW

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