Summer of Ubume

Jul 15, 2005

2h 3m

★ 7.2

Overview

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.

Genres

Thriller

Horror

Production Companies

Nippon Herald Films

Geneon Entertainment

dentsu

Tokyu Recreation

Ogura Office

Nikkatsu Studio

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Cast

Kyogokudo (Akihiko Chuzenji)

Shinichi Tsutsumi

Tatsumi Sekiguchi

Masatoshi Nagase

Reijiro Enokizu

Hiroshi Abe

Shutaro Kiba

Hiroyuki Miyasako

Ryoko Kuonji / Kyoko Kuonji

Tomoyo Harada

Atsuko Chuzenji

Rena Tanaka

Naito

Suzuki Matsuo

Makio Kuonji

Toshiaki Megumi

Goichi Harasawa

Susumu Terajima

Disabled veteran (Shigeru Mizuki)

Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Tomiko Sawada

Chisako Hara

Kamishibai storyteller

Noboru Mitani

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