Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin

Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin

88 mins | Horror | June 13, 1962

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.

Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin

88 mins | Horror | June 13, 1962

Okinawan Horror: Upside-Down Ghost - Chinese Horror: Breaking a Coffin
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.
Producers Oriental Film Company, Okura Film
Original title Okinawa kaidan: Sakazuri yûrei - Shina kaidan: Shikan yaburi
Directors Luo Hui Shaw, Satoru Kobayashi
Writers Ren Huang, Mitsuo Kaneda, Minoru Matsui

Cast

Tamaki Katori

as Reiko (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Jōji Ohara

as Takeo Higa (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Kyōko Ōgimachi

as Akemi (segment "Upset Walking Ghost")

Luo Hui Shaw

as Chuang Tzu (segment "Broken Coffin")

Rong Bai

as Madam Tabana

Miyako Ichijō

as Widow (segment "Broken Coffin")

Shiro Enami

as Young Man