Summer of Ubume

Summer of Ubume

123 mins | Thriller, Horror | July 15, 2005

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.

Summer of Ubume

123 mins | Thriller, Horror | July 15, 2005

Summer of Ubume
Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi investigates further with the help of his friend Enokizu, a detective with the unusual ability to see people's memories. They are hired by the impossibly pregnant woman's sister to find the woman's missing husband and lay this whole matter to rest. In the end, they need the help of Kyogokudo to exorcise the family curse.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Nippon Herald Films
Original title 姑獲鳥の夏
Directors Mitsunori Hattori, Akio Jissoji
Writers Natsuhiko Kyogoku, Shin'ichi Inotsume

Cast

Shinichi Tsutsumi

as Kyogokudo (Akihiko Chuzenji)

Masatoshi Nagase

as Tatsumi Sekiguchi

Hiroshi Abe

as Reijiro Enokizu

Hiroyuki Miyasako

as Shutaro Kiba

Tomoyo Harada

as Ryoko Kuonji / Kyoko Kuonji

Rena Tanaka

as Atsuko Chuzenji

Suzuki Matsuo

as Naito

Toshiaki Megumi

as Makio Kuonji

Susumu Terajima

as Goichi Harasawa

Natsuhiko Kyogoku

as Disabled veteran (Shigeru Mizuki)

Chisako Hara

as Tomiko Sawada

Noboru Mitani

as Kamishibai storyteller

Misa Shimizu

as Chizuko Chuzenji

Ryoko Shinohara

as Yukie Sekiguchi

Kei Suma

as Yoshichika Kuonji

Ayumi Ishida

as Kikuno Kuonji