Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Kasane Swamp

TV Movie, Horror, Drama

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Junji Kurata

Status Released

Release Date 1979-06-20

Storyline

On a snowy winter night, Soetsu, a blind masseur, and his daughter Shiga visit the nobleman Shinzaemon Fukami. Drunk, he assaults Shiga, and when Soetsu tries to protect her, he’s brutally killed. Later, Soetsu's body is thrown into a swamp, but his spirit returns to haunt Shinzaemon, driving him inevitably toward death.