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

Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin (1962)

Released: 1962-06-13 Duration: 1hr 28min
Genres: Horror
Rating 5.0

Overview

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.

Production Companies

Oriental Film Company
Okura Pictures
Okura Pictures

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language ja
Popularity 0.626

Directed By

Shao Lo-Hui

Satoru Kobayashi

Crew

Director
Shao Lo-Hui
Screenplay
Minoru Matsui
Screenplay
Mitsuo Kaneda
Screenplay
Ren Huang
Choreographer
Hisashi Hanamoto

TOP CAST

Tamaki Katori
Tamaki Katori

Reiko (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Jōji Ōhara
Jōji Ōhara

Takeo Higa (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Kyōko Ōgimachi
Kyōko Ōgimachi

Akemi (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Shao Lo-Hui
Shao Lo-Hui

Chuang Tzu (segment "Broken Coffin")

Rong Bai
Rong Bai

Madam Tabana

Miyako Ichijō
Miyako Ichijō

Widow (segment "Broken Coffin")

Shiro Enami
Shiro Enami

Young Man

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