Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi

Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi (怪談累が渕, Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi) (Ghost Story of Kasane Swamp), also known as The Depths, or The Ghost of Kasane, is a 1957 black-and-white/ Scope Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa for Shintoho Films. The screenplay was based on a story called Shinkei Kasanegafuchi by Encho Sanyutei. The film was never dubbed in English and is only available in subtitled format.[1] It was a short film, running 57 minutes.[1]

Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi
Directed byNobuo Nakagawa
Produced byMitsugu Okura
Written byYasunori Kawauchi[1]
StarringKatsuko Wakasugi
Takashi Wada
Tetsuro Tamba[1]
CinematographyYoshimi Hirano[1]
Distributed byShintoho
Release date
  • July 10, 1957 (1957-07-10)
[2]
Running time
57 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Daiei Film remade this film twice, once in 1960 (B&W/full screen) as Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi, and again in 1970 (Color/Scope) as The Masseur's Curse (both directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda).[1] The 1960 version was never shown in the United States, nor was it dubbed in English.[1]

Cast

References

  1. Galbraith,Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland and Co., Inc.
  2. http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1957/cg002700.htm


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.