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Yotsuya Kaidan (1956)

Horror | 86 minutes
2,91 11 votes

Genre: Horror

Duration: 86 minuten

Alternative titles: Ghost of Yotsuya / 四谷怪談

Country: Japan

Directed by: Masaki Mori

Starst: Tomisaburô Wakayama, Akemi Tsukushi and Chieko Soma

IMDb score: 6,9 (110)

Releasedate: 12 July 1956

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Yotsuya Kaidan plot

Iemon Tamiya is a poor samurai, who has already known many misfortunes. He is married to the beautiful Iowa, but she shows him little love. Iemon's mother wants him to kill her and then marry Ume, the daughter of the wealthy Ito clan. When Iowa's father discovers his evil plans, Iemon kills him. The problems are not solved, but worsen until Iemon even administers a deadly poison to his wife while telling her it is a medicine. Years later in the kingdom of the Itos, Iemon has strange visions of the victims he made in this shameless act.

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Extremely boring first half, gripping second half. The first 45 minutes are filled with static talking scenes with mediocre actors and a not very logical story. Iemon loved his wife, so why did he solve the blackmail problem by having her killed, giving the blackmailer his money and marrying a woman he doesn't love? That is three times to his disadvantage, while, if he chooses murder anyway, he might as well kill the blackmailer. It makes no sense.

The film almost gets away with it because after 45 minutes the horror sets in and it becomes an atmospheric whole. A bit predictable, yes, but well executed. The death of that woman is quite gruesome, especially for the time, and the ghostly menace, which may or may not be the imagination of the other characters, also works well. This makes this film, which initially seems completely lifeless , suddenly worth a look.
2.5*

Note: This review was previously posted on Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, which I accidentally confused with this film. This is because they have the same English title and plot, but this one does not yet have the English title.

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