Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber

Japanese Ghost Story Masterpiece Theater: The Sealed Room of the Inner Chamber

1979 · 45 min · TV Movie, Horror, Drama

In the final days of the Edo shogunate, a government commander enters Edo Castle to inspect the Ōoku. Ignoring warnings, he steps into a forbidden room where, 200 years before, Lady Oyuki, a favored concubine, was forced to commit suicide by Tokugawa Tsunayoshi over a suspected affair. Consumed by vengeance, her spirit continues to haunt all those involved in the tragedy.

Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa · Written by Ichirō Miyagawa

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