• Director(s)

    Kenji Misumi

  • Production Year

    1959

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    83m

  • Cast

    Kazuo Hasegawa, Yasuko Nakada, Yoko Uraji

Film

The Ghost of Yotsuya

strong bloody images, sexual threat

THE GHOST OF YOTSUYA is a Japanese horror film, from 1959, in which the ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.…

THE GHOST OF YOTSUYA is a Japanese horror film, from 1959, in which the ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.

sexual violence and sexual threat
An infatuated man gropes a woman's clothed breasts but she manages to push him off. There is a scene in which a man grabs a woman and attempts to rape her but he is interrupted and pulled away.
injury detail
A woman falls onto a sword resulting in bloody injuries to her chest and neck and a man is bloodily impaled onto a pole. After ingesting poison, a woman's face become disfigured and bloody. A man has a bloody hand after a comb cuts into his palm.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate violence occur, such as stabbings, knife slashings and sword fights. A disfigured ghost haunts characters. A woman attempts suicide but is quickly stopped before she is injured and a man takes his own life in order to escape from a ghost. A woman is called a 'whore' and there is sight of sex workers in a brothel as well as frequent references to adultery. Use of mild bad language ('bastard') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'damn'. References are made to miscarriage.

  • Director(s)

    Kenji Misumi

  • Production Year

    1959

  • Genre(s)

    Horror

  • Approx. running minutes

    83m

  • Cast

    Kazuo Hasegawa, Yasuko Nakada, Yoko Uraji

strong bloody images, sexual threat
Classified Date:
20/08/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
sexual violence and sexual threat
An infatuated man gropes a woman's clothed breasts but she manages to push him off. There is a scene in which a man grabs a woman and attempts to rape her but he is interrupted and pulled away.
injury detail
A woman falls onto a sword resulting in bloody injuries to her chest and neck and a man is bloodily impaled onto a pole. After ingesting poison, a woman's face become disfigured and bloody. A man has a bloody hand after a comb cuts into his palm.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate violence occur, such as stabbings, knife slashings and sword fights. A disfigured ghost haunts characters. A woman attempts suicide but is quickly stopped before she is injured and a man takes his own life in order to escape from a ghost. A woman is called a 'whore' and there is sight of sex workers in a brothel as well as frequent references to adultery. Use of mild bad language ('bastard') is accompanied by very mild terms such as 'damn'. References are made to miscarriage.

  • Classified date

    20/08/2024

  • Language

    Japanese