The Ghost of Kasane
1957 · 66 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 313 VOTES · DIR. Nobuo Nakagawa
Overview
A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant. After she is horribly disfigured in an accident, he plots to run away with another woman, but the path of their escape lies by the Kasane swamp...
Dialogue Timeline — 585 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:11 THE GHOSTS OF KASANE SWAMP
00:03:15 So I did!
00:05:30 There's no need for you to speak like that, sir.
00:09:52 'Namuamidabutsu. '
00:12:32 Fear the hatred of the dead!
00:16:37 Miss!
00:18:51 You were born in Hanyu Village, weren't you.
00:21:13 The Yamadas are the richest family around here.
00:24:27 I've had too much to drink.
00:25:52 I'm sorry. I just can't do anything right.
00:27:37 So that's what's going on!
00:30:17 Is it that far to Miss Rui's?
00:32:24 Tell him to come sometimes and pray at his parents' grave.
00:34:34 Hurry back!
00:36:31 Hello. How was the bath?
00:38:31 Miss Rui! She's come to see how you are!
00:40:44 Shall I help?
00:44:48 No!
00:46:48 Shinkichi... where are you going?
00:48:42 Take Miss Rui her samisen. I won't rest until she has it.
00:52:13 There's no point in hiding it any more.
00:54:15 Thank you.
00:57:11 Take the road that leads by Kasane Swamp.
01:05:32 The End
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed585
Dialogue density8.9 lines / min
First line00:00:11
Final line01:05:32
Production Record
DirectorNobuo Nakagawa
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes313