Rent The Bride from Hades (1968)
3.7 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
- Noble samurai Shinzaburo (Kojiro Hongo) is visited one night by the beautiful courtesan Otsuyu (Miyoko Akaza). She pleads with him to marry her and save her from life in a brothel. Instantly captivated by her beauty, Shinzaburo agrees and a cautious love affair develops, but in his infatuation, he fails to realise that Otsuyu is a ghost. His friends band together to drive off the spirit, but can the love-stricken Shinzaburo resist the haunting lure of this enchantress?
- Actors:
- Kôjirô Hongô, Miyoko Akaza, Mayumi Ogawa, Kô Nishimura, Takashi Shimura, Michiko Otsuka, Atsumi Uda, Takamaru Sasaki, Kôichi Mizuhara, Saburô Date, Norio Shiozaki, Kazuo Yamamoto, Gen Kimura, Shinobu Araki, Shôzô Nanbu, Kimiko Tachibana, Teruko Ômi, Yuko Mori, Hajime Koshikawa
- Directors:
- Satsuo Yamamoto
- Producers:
- Tokuko Miyako, Masaichi Nagata
- Writers:
- Enchô San'yûtei, Yoshikata Yoda
- Aka:
- Botan-dôrô / Haunted Lantern / Peony Lantern / A Ghost Story of Peonies and Stone Lanterns / Ghost Beauty / My Bride Is a Ghost / The Bride from Hell
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/10/2024
- Run Time:
- 89 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Appreciation by filmmaker and screenwriter Hiroshi Takahashi (2024, 18 mins)
- Audio commentary by critic and author Jasper Sharp
- Trailer
