Ghost Story of Devil's Fire Swamp

Jun 23, 1963

1h 18m

★ 8.0

Overview

Nishina Saburouta is powerful but corrupted priest. One night, an old samurai who couldn't bear him any more, attempts to kill him, but without success. Saburouta is rescued by his niece, Keisuke at the last moment. Keisuke is a a good-for-nothing. Since that event, he always turns to his uncle when he needs money. Recently Keisuke feels his uncle isn't as generous as he used to be, he suspects that Saburouta has found out the illicit relation between Keisuke and his uncle's young mistress, Ohasu.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Daiei Film

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Cast

Saburôta Nishina

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Matasaburo Tamba

Keisuke Tobata

Katsuhiko Kobayashi

Oren

Mieko Kondō

Michiko Takano

Daimaru Nakata

Racket Nakata

Yoshito Yamaji

Jinzaemon Shinohara

Jun Hamamura

Sonosuke Sawamura

Ichirō Amano

Yūji Hamada

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