Summaries

Two women are raped and killed by samurai soldiers. Soon they reappear as vengeful ghosts who seduce and brutally murder the passing samurai.

A woman and her daughter-in-law are raped and murdered by samurais during the time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero, to quell what is evidently a ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women, in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.—xenophil

A group of samurai breaks in the house of the peasants Yone and her daughter-in-law Shige to loot their food and they rape and kill the women. The burn their house to the ground and a black cat licks their corpses. Soon the women returns as ghosts posing as geisha and Shige lures samurais late night at Rajômon asking for protection through a bamboo grove. She brings the samurai to a fancy house that is indeed her burnt-out house; introduces her mother; seduces the samurai and kill him tearing his neck apart. Meanwhile a warrior kills a powerful enemy and severs his head. He is summoned to Rajômon by the samurai Raiko that makes him samurai and he tells that his name is Gintoki. Then he finds his house destructed and looks for Yone and Shige and he learns that they are missing. Gintoki is assigned by Raiko to destroy the ghosts that are killing samurais. What will happen when Gintoki discovers that the ghosts are Yone and Shige?—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Details

Keywords
  • rape and revenge
  • black cat
  • supernatural horror
  • bamboo forest
  • soothsayer
Genres
  • Horror
  • Drama
Release date Feb 23, 1968
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Not Rated
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Production companies Toho

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 39m
Color Black and White
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

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