(''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
was a Japanese film director, most famous for the stylized, folk tale-influenced horror films he made in the 1950s and 1960s.
Career
Born in Kyoto, Nakagawa was early on influenced by proletarian literature and wrote amateur film reviews to th ...
for
Shintoho
was a Japanese movie studio. It was one of the big six film studios (which also included Daiei, Nikkatsu, Shochiku, Toei Company, and Toho) during the Golden Age of Japanese cinema. It was founded by defectors from the original Toho company fol ...
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.
It was a short film, running 57 minutes.
Daiei Film
Daiei Film Co. Ltd. ( Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ''Daiei Eiga Kabushiki Kaisha'') was a Japanese film studio. Founded in 1942 as Dai Nippon Film Co., Ltd., it was one of the major studios during the postwar Golden Age of Japanese cinema, producing ...
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).
The 1960 version was never shown in the United States, nor was it dubbed in English.
Cast
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Tetsurō Tamba
was a Japanese actor with a career spanning five decades. He is best known in the West for his role in the 1967 James Bond film '' You Only Live Twice'' as Tiger Tanaka.
Biography
Tamba had a part-time job as an interpreter at Supreme Commande ...
* Katsuko Wakasugi
* Takashi Wada
* Noriko Kitazawa
* Kikuko Hanaoka
References
External links
* http://divxplanet.com/sub/m/10502/Kaidan-Kasane-ga-fuchi.html
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* http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/1957/cg002700.htm
Japanese horror films
1957 films
Films directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
Shintoho films
1957 horror films
1950s ghost films
1950s Japanese films
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