The Haunted Samurai
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A lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro finds himself unable to move up in the world due to the stifling caste system of the Bakumatsu era. After being expelled from the household into which he was adopted through marriage and separated from his wife and son, he moves in with his disapproving elder brother and his wife. He meets his old class rival Enomoto Takeaki, now a commander of a naval ship, and is later told by a kindly noodle shop owner that Enomoto's rise in social status came about after he prayed at a shrine in Mukojima. Stumbling home drunk one night, Hikoshiro falls down a riverbank and comes across a small run-down shrine which he is convinced is affiliated to the one in Mukojima. Pressing his hands together in prayer, he unwittingly invites the unwanted attentions of the gods of poverty, pestilence and death..
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Satoshi Tsumabuki
Bessho Hikoshiro
Known for
Dororo
The Assassin
Hidekazu Akai
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Hanzawa Naoki
Maborosi
Teruyuki Kagawa
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Tales from Earthsea
Tokyo Sonata
Yuko Fueki
Yae
Known for
Apt
Mari Natsuki
Known for
Spirited Away
The Hunted
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Known for
Godzilla Minus One
20th Century Boys: Beginning of the End
Sawa Suzuki
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AIBOU: Tokyo Detective Duo
A New Love in Tokyo
Ei Morisako
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Mai Mai Miracle
Ryuta Sato
Known for
Tokyo Tribe
Fullmetal Alchemist
Koichi Ueda
Known for
Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.
Hiromitsu Suzuki
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B-Robo Kabutack
A New Love in Tokyo
Daisuke Honda
Known for
Ju-on: The Grudge
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Yasuo Furuhata Director · Toshiki Kokubo Screenplay 土屋保文 Screenplay
First release June 22, 2007 · Produced in Japan · Production Horipro, Toei Video Company
Production
Toei Company
Production
Horipro
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Toei Video Company
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Sumitomo Corporation
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TBS
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Tokyo FM
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Japan
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Original title
憑神
Original language
Japanese
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Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 22, 2007
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No release date listed for United States.
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