The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost (Limited Edition) GCal_processed 106 min (combined) / 1

106 min (combined) / 1

Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre

and then made to pay for it in ghastly ways

as the family gathers around the table for a Thanksgiving meal

And Michael Trucco

The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost (Limited Edition) GCal_processed 106 min (combined) / 1When the daughter of an elite family takes a shine to poor samurai Iemon (Tomisaburo Wakayama, lone wolf and cub), he sees an opportunity to climb the social ladder. He just needs to rid himself of his only obstacle: his loving wife Oiwa. He poisons her and dumps her corpse in a nearby swamp, but she returns as a horribly disfigured ghost to haunt Iemon on his wedding night. Crime film specialist Tai Kato (I, the Executioner) brings the famous Ghost