Kaidan

Overview

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

Directed by Hideo Nakata

Top cast

Kumiko Aso

Orui

Takaaki Enoki

Shinzaemon Fukami

Léona Hirota

Okou

Hitomi Kuroki

Toyoshiga

Tae Kimura

Oshono

Asaka Seto

Oshizu

Kikunosuke Onoe V

Shinkichi

Mao Inoue

Ohisa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Orui's father

S

Shôji Murakami

Kanzou

T

Teisui Ichiryûsai

Storyteller

T

Taigi Kobayashi

Ken Mitsuishi

Kanzou, Shinichi's uncle

Naomasa Musaka

Soetsu

Taeko Nishino

Osena

Yumi Shimizu

Omitsu

Y

Yui Tateishi

Yûrei Yanagi

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