Ghost Story: Crying in the Night Lantern
5.7
One day, a funeral was held at one of the tenements in Asakusa. It was the only son of a wealthy merchant named Matasaburo, who had run away from home with a woman he was in love with and had been living here. But this funeral was actually a kyogen (a farce) orchestrated by a gardener named Yunosuke, who had planted it without telling his wife, Okinu, in order to bilk his parents out of their money. Matasaburo believed Yunosuke, who said he would dig him up right away, and was buried in the ground. ......
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Ganjirō Nakamura II
Known for
Floating Weeds
The Lower Depths
Katsuhiko Kobayashi
Known for
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Minoru Inuzuka
Katsuhiko Tasaka
Reiko Fujiwara
Known for
Zatoichi on the Road
Irezumi
Chizuko Takamori
Also in
Bamboo Doll of Echizen
Sleepy Eyes of Death 4: Sword of Seduction
Yukio Horikita
Known for
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart to Hades
The Tale of Zatoichi
Hiroshi Nawa
Known for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Deadly Fight in Hiroshima
Star of David: Beauty Hunting
Shintarō Nanjō
Known for
The Tale of Zatoichi Continues
Fumihiko Yokoyama
Known for
Ugetsu
Miss Oyu
Kimiko Tachibana
Known for
Audition
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Keiko Koyanagi
Known for
Chikamatsu Monogatari
Return of Giant Majin
Katsuhiko Tasaka Director · Minoru Inuzuka Writer Nakaba Takahashi Composer
First release June 24, 1962 · Produced in Japan · Original title 怪談夜泣き燈籠
Production
Daiei Film
Production
Japan
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Original title
怪談夜泣き燈籠
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · June 24, 1962
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No release date listed for United States.
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