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

Plot Summary

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.

Full Cast & Characters

Tamaki Katori

Reiko (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Jōji Ōhara

Takeo Higa (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Kyōko Ōgimachi

Akemi (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Shao Lo-Hui

Chuang Tzu (segment "Broken Coffin")

Rong Bai

Madam Tabana

Miyako Ichijō

Widow (segment "Broken Coffin")

Shiro Enami

Young Man

Director & Crew

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