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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Shinigami

1979·45m·ja

Overview

After a fight with his wife, Yahachirō, a carpenter, meets a sinister "Shinigami" who teaches him how to spot people who won’t die. He profits by treating only those who will survive but soon begins an affair with Osen, a barmaid. Osen and her husband Bunzō plot to kill Yahachirō for his money, strangling him and tossing his body into the river. But one night, Yahachirō reappears, his face twisted into a monstrous form…

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Studio
TV Tokyo
Released August 22, 1979·日本名作怪談劇場 怪談 死神·Japan

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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō

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