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Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin

Film196288 min5.0/10 on TMDB

Directed by Shao Lo-Hui, Satoru Kobayashi

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During a fever, Tateo, the male protagonist believes he is dying and has the hallucination that his beautiful wife, Reiko (Tamaki Katori), the daughter of a wealthy family, is having an affair w/ another man. He then tells her an ancient Chinese story: the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi wanted to test the faithfulness of his wife, so he faked his own death; the wife was grief-stricken and went into mourning. While funeral arrangements were in progress, a handsome young man came to call on Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi's wife soon fell into love w/ the young man and decided to marry hi. However, the young man fell ill; his servant said that the only medicine to cure him is human brain. Zhuangzi's wife eventually decided to break his husband's coffin and take his brain. However the young man turns out be Zhuangzi in disguise.Read moreLess

During a fever, Tateo, the male protagonist believes he is dying and has the hallucination that his beautiful wife, Reiko (Tamaki Katori), the daughter of a wealthy family, is having an affair w/ another man. He then tells her an ancient Chinese story: the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi wanted to test the faithfulness of his wife, so he faked his own death; the wife was grief-stricken and went into mourning. While funeral arrangements were in progress, a handsome young man came to call on Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi's wife soon fell into love w/ the young man and decided to marry hi. However, the young man fell ill; his servant said that the only medicine to cure him is human brain. Zhuangzi's wife eventually decided to break his husband's coffin and take his brain. However the young man turns out be Zhuangzi in disguise.

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During a fever, Tateo, the male protagonist believes he is dying and has the hallucination that his beautiful wife, Reiko (Tamaki Katori), the daughter of a wealthy family, is having an affair w/ another man. He then tells her an ancient Chinese story: the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi wanted to test the faithfulness of his wife, so he faked his own death; the wife was grief-stricken and went into mourning. While funeral arrangements were in progress, a handsome young man came to call on Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi's wife soon fell into love w/ the young man and decided to marry hi. However, the young man fell ill; his servant said that the only medicine to cure him is human brain. Zhuangzi's wife eventually decided to break his husband's coffin and take his brain. However the young man turns out be Zhuangzi in disguise.

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Cast & crew

Tamaki KatoriTamaki KatoriReiko (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")
Jōji Ōhara
Jōji Ōhara
Takeo Higa (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")
Kyōko ŌgimachiKyōko ŌgimachiAkemi (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")
Shao Lo-Hui
Shao Lo-Hui
Chuang Tzu (segment "Broken Coffin")
Rong Bai
Rong Bai
Madam Tabana
Miyako Ichijō
Miyako Ichijō
Widow (segment "Broken Coffin")
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Director
Shao Lo-Hui
Screenplay
Minoru Matsui
Screenplay
Mitsuo Kaneda
Screenplay
Ren Huang
Director of Photography
Hidemitsu Iwahashi