Kagero-za

Kagero-za

1981 · 139 min · JA · 6.5 (20 votes)
Dir. Seijun Suzuki · Starring Yūsaku Matsuda, Michiyo Yasuda, Eriko Kusuta, Yoshio Harada, Mariko Kaga, Katsuo Nakamura · The Taisho Trilogy
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A 1920s playwright meets a beautiful woman who may be the ghost of his patron's deceased wife.

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A hauntingly beautiful period piece where reality blurs with the spectral. It's a slow, atmospheric descent into obsession, wrapped in the melancholic elegance of the Taisho era, leaving you with a lingering sense of unease and tragic romance.

eeriemelancholicromanticunsettlingslow-burnperiod dramaghost storyarthouseatmosphericobsessionthe supernaturalartificeunrequited love
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