Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin (1962)

Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin (1962)

1962-06-13 Taiwan, Japan 88 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

香取環 is Reiko (segment
Reiko (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")
Jōji Ōhara is Takeo Higa (segment
Takeo Higa (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")
扇町京子 is Akemi (segment
Akemi (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")
邵羅輝 is Chuang Tzu (segment
Chuang Tzu (segment "Broken Coffin")
Rong Bai is Madam Tabana
Madam Tabana
Miyako Ichijō is Widow (segment
Widow (segment "Broken Coffin")
Shiro Enami is Young Man
Young Man