One night, as pub owner Sotaro is caring for his sick wife, Shizuko, she asks him to promise that if she dies, he will never remarry. Thinking she is just being dramatic, he promises and tells her to go to sleep. When he wakes the next morning, however, Shizuko is dead. Sotaro keeps his promise, until one day he meets Satoko. The two quickly fall in love, and agree to get married. Their first night together, however, is interrupted by Shizuko, who is angry over her husband's broken promise. Sotaro and Satoko must find some way of appeasing the spirit before she drives them from their home.
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Cast
19 people
Kenichi Hagiwara
Sotaro
Known for
Kagemusha
Over Your Dead Body
Tomoko Yamaguchi
Satoko
Known for
Ponyo
Swallowtail Butterfly
Yōzō Tanaka
Takayoshi Watanabe
Shigeru Muroi
Shizuko
Known for
Whisper of the Heart
Masayo Yamamoto
Yuji Miyake
Tatsuo
Known for
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
When the Last Sword Is Drawn
Hidetoshi Nishijima
Koichi
Known for
The Wind Rises
Drive My Car
Nobuo Yana
Fishmonger
Known for
Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Final Episode
Heroes of the East
Isao Hashizume
Sakumon
Known for
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Tokyo Family
Kotono Shibuya
Rie
Also in
With Love
Mameshiba Cubbish Puppy
Etsushi Toyokawa
Sugimoto Nobuya
Known for
Love Letter
Midway
Takayoshi Watanabe Director · Yōzō Tanaka Screenplay Masayo Yamamoto Author
First release October 29, 1994 · Produced in Japan · Production Suntory, TV Asahi
Production
Kitty Films
Production
Suntory
Production
TV Asahi
Production
Japan
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Original title
居酒屋ゆうれい
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · October 29, 1994
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Cambodia
February 13, 2011 · Japanese Film Festival
Hungary
March 28, 2007 · Japanese Film Club
Russia
March 11, 2014 · Limited theatrical · Screening of Japanese films in State Museum of the East (Moscow)
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