Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Tamagiku Lantern
1979 · 45 min · TV Movie, Horror, Drama
Dance teacher Omiyo survives a double suicide with her lover and is forced into life as the courtesan Tamagiku in Yoshiwara. Living in misery, she meets Gengo, her lover’s look-alike brother, and they fall in love. Jealous rival Naraya frames Gengo as a criminal, and he is struck by lightning and killed before Tamagiku’s eyes. After her own death, Tamagiku rises from hell to seek revenge on Naraya and his allies.
- Director
- Junji Kurata
- Writer
- Taizō Fuyushima
- Released
- August 1, 1979
- Language
- Japanese
Cast
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