Kaidan
2007, Film, 115 min, Drama, Horror, Romance, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 65
Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river will never surface again. 20 Years later, Shinkichi, the handsome son of Shinzaemon, coincidentally meets Toyoshiga, the daughter of Soetsu. They fall in love. It is a doomed love, as the spirit of Soetsu is far from dead
Directed by Hideo Nakata
Cast
- Kikunosuke Onoe as Shinkichi
- Hitomi Kuroki as Oshiga
- Mao Inoue as Ohisa
- Kumiko Asō as Orui
- Tae Kimura as Osono
- Asaka Seto as Oshizu
- Takaaki Enoki as Shinzaemon Fukami
- Leona Hirota as Okou
- Teisui Ichiryûsai as Storyteller
- Taigi Kobayashi
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