Film

Denshichi Torimonocho: The Curse of the Silver Snake

1957 · 1h 38m · Mystery · Horror

Kofu duty guard Yamauchi Hinata-kami cultivated illegal drugs and had them sold through Omiya, a drug wholesaler in Edo Muromachi. One day, a strange spell descends on Omiya, killing his wife Osetsu, and then his second daughter Okyo as well. After that, there was a rumor that a ghost playing a flute appeared in the town of Edo. Sanshiro Tachibana, a member of the Kitamachi Magistrate Doshin, asked Denshichi to investigate these incident.

Kōkichi Takada

Michiko Saga

Junzaburō Ban

Kimiko Fukuda

Hiroshi Ogasawara

Ikkō Ōkuni

Machiko Mizuhara

Yukiko Ibuki

紫千代

Kyōko Sasaki

Eiichi Nozawa

Shinji Takano

Kyomi Sakura

Shuhei Yamada

Yuko Takayama

Joji Kaieda

• Seiichi FukudaDirector
• Shigeo YasudaScreenplay
• Eibi MotomochiScreenplay

Release date

September 22, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Mystery, Horror