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| The Bride From Hades | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 牡丹燈籠 | ||||
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| Directed by | Satsuo Yamamoto | ||||
| Written by | Yoshikata Yoda | ||||
| Based on | Botan Dōrō | ||||
| Produced by | Masaichi Nagata | ||||
| Starring | Kōjirō Hongō Miyoko Akaza Hajime Koshikawa | ||||
| Cinematography | Chikashi Makiura | ||||
| Edited by | Kanji Suganuma | ||||
| Music by | Sei Ikeno | ||||
Production company | |||||
| Distributed by | Daiei | ||||
Release date | 1968 | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
The Bride From Hades (Japanese: 牡丹燈籠, Hepburn: Botan-dôrô) is a 1968 Japanese horror film directed by Satsuo Yamamoto. It is based on the Japanese ghost story Botan Dōrō or Peony Lantern, in which a man falls in love with the ghost of a deceased woman.
Plot
[edit]The film opens on the first day of Obon. Shinzaburo, a teacher from a well off samurai family, attends a memorial service for his older brother, Zenjiro. Shinzaburo's father says that Shinzaburo should marry Zenjiro's wife after he died in an accident shortly after their wedding, but Shinzaburo is hesitant.
Three days later, Shinzaburo leads the village kids as they parade through the village and participate in a lantern float at a nearby river. Shinzaburo helps a free two lanterns that get stuck by a branch, and two women thank him for helping them. After the ceremony, a man named Banzo asks Shinzaburo for money.
The women from the river come to Shinzaburo's home to thank him. They say they are "women of the Yoshiwara" who were given permission to leave during Obon. The younger woman, Otsuya, is set to marry an elderly man. Her mistress, Oyone, asks Shinzaburo to marry Otsuya before Obon is over and they have to return. Banzo sees the women leaving Shinza's house, recognizing Otsuya from the Yoshiwara.
Later,