Daiei Gothic Volume 2: Japanese Ghost Stories

Three-disc set includes: The Demon Of Mount Oe (Ooe-Yama Shuten-Dôji) (1960)The samurai Minamoto (Raizô Ichikawa) was charged by the emperor to destroy Shuten-dôji (Kazuo Hasegawa), the demon warrior residing at Mount Oe. No easy task, as Shuten-dôji had promised the mikado's downfall... and had allied himself with other shape-shifting monsters to ensure it. Fantasy-tinged, effects-filled chambara opus also stars Shintarô Katsu, Kôjirô Hongô, Sachiko Hidari, Fujiko Yamamoto. 114 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR The Ghost Of Kasane Swamp (Kaidan Kasane-Ga-Fuchi) (1960)In the 18th century, a samurai slew a blind masseur for the temerity of asking that his cash debt be repaid, and had his retinue dump the body in a nearby swamp. The victim's ghost would return to wreak revenge upon the warrior and his wife-and again a generation later, when their son betrayed his smitten daughter. Oft-filmed kaidan story stars Ganjirô Nakamura, Yasuko Nakada, Yôko Uraji, Yatarô Kitagami. In Japanese with English subtitles. 90 min. C/Rtg: NR The Haunted Castle (Hiroku Kaibyô-Den) (1969)A warlord (Kôichi Uenoyama) was affronted when a blind monk (Akihisa Toda) refused to deliver his sister (Mitsuyo Kamei) as a concubine, so he contrived the holy man's murder and resolved to take her anyway. She responded by committing suicide, and offering her blood to her pet cat-which transformed the feline into a demon on a mission of vengeance. Kojiro Hongo, Naomi Kobayashi, Rokko Toura also star. 83 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; featurettes; theatrical trailers; more. In Japanese with English subtitles.