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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kōya Hijiri (1979) · 日本名作怪談劇場高野聖

Name: Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kōya Hijiri
Director: Masateru Nishiyama
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979
Duration: 45 min
Cast: Sadanji Ichikawa IV, Mari Tanaka, Tetsuya Yamaoka, Jun Kondô, Ichirō Yamamoto

Original title: 日本名作怪談劇場高野聖

1979 · Masateru Nishiyama · 45 min · Japan

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While on a pilgrimage, young monk Sōchō sees a waterfall turn blood-red, a sight villagers fear is the curse of a woman who drowned herself years ago. Ignoring their warnings, he ventures into the haunted Tenbu Pass to find a missing medicine seller. There, he encounters a stunning woman in a remote house, but anyone who touches her is transformed into an animal…

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Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kōya Hijiri (1979) · 日本名作怪談劇場高野聖

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