Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern

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.

Genre:

TV Movie, Horror, Drama

Duration:

45 min

Cast:

Shinobu Yuki, Toshio Egi, Keiko Nishioka

Quality:

HD

Director:

Junji Kurata

Release:

1979

Country:

Japan

Rating:

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