Grudge: Blood-sucking higanbana calls the spirits of the dead (1982)

Plot Summary

Kayo (Kimie Shingyoji), who married Jingoro (Jun Eto) of the small-time goods dealer Kagamishimaya, is unable to even hug each other seven days after the wedding. Kayo (Kimie Shingyoji), who married Jingoro (Jun Eto), a merchant in a small house in Kagamiya, is unable to even hug Kayo even seven days after the wedding ceremony. One day, Jingoro suddenly dies, but a monk (Ichiro Arishima) appears to the grieving family and tells them that his soul has simply slipped away, and the next morning Jingoro wakes up as if nothing had happened. A few days later, Kayo follows the spirit that escaped from Jingoro again and arrives at the grave of Araji, where she sees Jingoro meeting with the spirit of a young girl. In fact, three years earlier, Jingoro had been torn apart by the daughter (Keiko Suzuka) of Miuraya, a kimono wholesaler, and they had tied each other's fingers together with string, slit their wrists, and thrown themselves off a boat.

Full Cast & Characters

Kimie Shingyoji

Jun Etoh

Ichirō Arishima

Keiko Suzuka

Yudai Ishiyama

武周暢

Omenosuke Ichikawa

Hisashi Hidaka

Teruko Ōmi

曽根千香子

宝多なるみ

Tokio Oki

Director & Crew

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