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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tamagiku Dōrō

1979·45m·ja

Overview

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.

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Director
Junji Kurata
Studio
TV Tokyo
Released August 1, 1979·日本名作怪談劇場 怪談 玉菊燈籠·Japan

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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō

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