A cheating carpenter learns death has a face, and it's coming for dinner.
After a fight with his wife, Yahachirō, a carpenter, meets a sinister "Shinigami" who teaches him how to spot people who won’t die. He profits by treating only those who will survive but soon begins an affair with Osen, a barmaid. Osen and her husband Bunzō plot to kill Yahachirō for his money, strangling him and tossing his body into the river. But one night, Yahachirō reappears, his face twisted into a monstrous form…
Practical Effects
Grotesque ghost makeup that haunts for days.
Direction
Nishiyama packs a feature's worth of dread into 45 minutes.
Acting
Ganjirō Nakamura II's descent from smug to shattered.
Director
Masateru Nishiyama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a 1979 NTV anthology adapting classic Japanese ghost stories, preserving kaidan oral tradition for television audiences.
Ganjirō Nakamura II was kabuki royalty; his exaggerated expressions here deliberately bridge theatrical and cinematic horror.
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