14 Aug 1957
The Temptress and the Monk
A Buddhist monk becomes ensnared by a seductive woman who, according to legend, transforms her lovers into beasts.
The Ghosts of Kagami Pond
A store manager named Kinbei becomes enraged when the owners of the store decide to hand it down to an adopted son instead of him. He hatches a plot to murder them all, but as it turns out he has done this sort of thing before. As bodies pile up in the nearby Kagami Pond, a ghostly vengeance is about to be unleashed.
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北沢典子 Okiku
伊達正三郎 Yasujirô
Reiko Seto Osato
林寛 Eshima-ya Jiuemon
Jōji Ōhara Yōji Misaki Keiko Hamano 
宮田文子 Fujie Satsuki Shin Takemura Kyoji Murayama 石川冷 Seiji Hara Hiroshi Tsukiji 高松政雄 Yôko Mifune Keiko Minakami Emiko Toba Ayako Ueno 山田長政
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