Kaidan

Kaidan

2007 · 115 min · JA · 6.1 (21 votes)
Dir. Hideo Nakata · Starring Kumiko Aso, Takaaki Enoki, Léona Hirota, Hitomi Kuroki, Tae Kimura, Asaka Seto · Music Kenji Kawai
DramaHorrorRomance

Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river will never surface again. 20 Years later, Shinkichi, the handsome son of Shinzaemon, coincidentally meets Toyoshiga, the daughter of Soetsu. They fall in love. It is a doomed love, as the spirit of Soetsu is far from dead

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A chillingly beautiful tale of ancestral vengeance and star-crossed lovers. Its slow, deliberate pace builds a suffocating atmosphere of dread, punctuated by moments of stark, gothic horror. A tragic romance steeped in Japanese folklore and samurai tradition.

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