A mansion that redecorates itself — and the redecorator is hungry.
Practical Effects
Janky mansion transformations that aged into accidental surrealism.
Sound
Shrieking strings and ghost wails from the 1971 school of noise terror.
Production
Tamamushi Mansion itself: a set that fights its actors for screen presence.
Director
Saburo Endo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Mysterious Thirteen Nights' series cranked out thirteen horror films in 1971 alone for Toho's television division, making it one of Japan's most prolific year-long genre experiments.
The Tamamushi name references iridescent jewel beetles, symbolizing fleeting beauty and decay — a classic yōkai aesthetic that 1970s TV horror exploited mercilessly.
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