Ghost of Chibusa Enoki

1958 Japanese film
  • July 13, 1958 (1958-07-13)[1]
Running time
47 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Ghost of Chibusa Enoki (怪談乳房榎, Kaidan chibusa enoki), aka The Mother Tree,[2] is a 1958 black-and-white, full screen Japanese film directed by Goro Katano. The film, a good example of the Japanese horror genre, was not dubbed in English nor shown theatrically in the United States.

Synopsis

A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge on the samurai, and saves his wife and newborn child.

Cast

  • Asao Matsumoto
  • Katsuko Wakasugi
  • Keiko Hasegawa[3]
  • Akira Nakamura

References

  1. ^ (in Japanese) [1] accessed 25 May 2009
  2. ^ "East Asia Film Library". mahimahi.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 25 May 2009.
  3. ^ Galbraith,Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland and Co., Inc.

External links

  • Ghost of Chibusa Enoki at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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