Yôkai hyakumonogatari
The local yôkai (Japanese spirits) interfere to avenge a murder and thwart the plans of corrupt officials.
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"Unscrupulous magistrate Tajimaya (Takashi Kanda) uses theft, coercion, violence, and ultimately murder to take over a tenement house and a shrine with the intent of tearing them down. He also uses his leverage to force Ôkubi (Keiko Koyanagi), the beautiful daughter of the tenement's owner (Tatsuo Hanabu) to become his mistress. Tajimaya's actions and disrespect angers the local spirits, the Yôkai, and soon he and his minions find themselves cursed and harassed by monsters. The film, first in a Yokai trilogy from Daiei Film, is an imaginative fantasy with odd imagery (the 'umbrel..."
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The "monsters" in this film are based on traditional Japanese spirits.
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The local yôkai (Japanese spirits) interfere to avenge a murder and thwart the plans of corrupt officials.