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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tamagiku Dōrō

Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tamagiku Dōrō

Dance teacher Omiyo survives a double suicide with her lover and is forced into life as the courtesan Tamagiku in Yoshiwara. Living in misery, she meets Gengo, her lover’s look-alike brother, and they fall in love. Jealous rival Naraya frames Gengo as a criminal, and he is struck by lightning and killed before Tamagiku’s eyes. After her own death, Tamagiku rises from hell to seek revenge on Naraya and his allies.

Release DateAugust 1, 1979
StatusReleased
Original Title日本名作怪談劇場 怪談 玉菊燈籠
Runtime 45min
Budget
Revenue
LanguageJapanese
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CountriesJapan
Production CompaniesTV Tokyo

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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō

Includes: Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Ōshū Adachigahara, Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Kajikazawa, Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber, Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Yotsuya, Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost-Cat of Saga, Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Purple Kengyō Vampire, Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tamagiku Dōrō, Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Tone no Watashi, Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Botan Dōrō, Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Yonaki Numa, Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Shinigami, Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Ghost of Kasane Swamp, Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kōya Hijiri

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