Peony Lantern Ghost Story

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Description:

Shinzaburo flees an unwanted marriage with his brother's widow and lives quietly as a teacher distanced from his family. On the night of the summer Obon festival, he meets a beautiful courtesan named Otsuyu, whom he doesn't recognize as a ghost. But his interactions with her are leaving him weakened. Because she has a much more obviously ghostly attendant, Shinzaburo becomes frightened & visits Kiku, the temple priest, for an exorcism.

Country: Japanese

Status: Completed

Released: 1968

Genre: Horror