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Ghost Story: The House Where Butterflies Live

09/02/1983

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1hr 32min

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Horror

,Thriller

,TV Movie

Is the one who's really in power, the one who trembles for revenge...?

STORY

Yoshinari Bessho, the feudal lord of Tanba Province, is a collector of butterflies and has his concubines tattooed with butterflies as well. One day while hunting, Yoshinari sees Gennosuke Akizuki's beautiful wife, Okoto. He kidnaps her, tattoos a butterfly on her shoulder and takes her for his own. Feeling shame for what has happened, Okoto throws herself into a well and commits suicide. She then returns as a ruthless ghost that seeks revenge against Yoshinari and his retainers. Whenever the ghost appears, mysterious butterflies always fly around her...

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Akiko Kana
  • Shuko Honami
  • Noboru Matsuhashi
  • Junichi Hayakawa
  • Toru Minegishi

    Director

  • Keiichirō Yoshida

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Fuji Television Network
  • Haiyu-za Film Production Company Ltd.

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Akiko Kana

Shuko Honami

Noboru Matsuhashi

Junichi Hayakawa

Toru Minegishi

Tokuko Watanabe

Minako Mizushima

Keishi Kawaguchi

Hiroshi Murakami

Yuji Okada

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