1968 | Japan | Fiction

Kyûketsu dokuro-sen (The Living Skeleton)

  • Japanese English 80 mins
  • Director | Hiroshi Matsuno
  • Writer | Kikuma Shimoiizaka, Kyuzo Kobayashi
  • Producer | Akira Inomata

STATUS: Released

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In this atmospheric tale of revenge from beyond the watery grave, a pirate-ransacked freighter’s violent past comes back to haunt a young woman living in a seaside town. Mixing elements of kaidan (ghost stories), doppelgänger thrillers, and mad-scientist movies, Hiroshi Matsuno’s The Living Skeleton is a wild and eerie work, with beautiful widescreen, black-and-white cinematography.

Horror Revenge Ghosts Mystery Supernatural
Film Organizations
The Criterion Collection
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