Japan, 1958
75m
35mm film, black and white, 2.35:1
mono, Japanese
A Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa.
Plot Summary
1930's Japan. Desiring another officer's new wife, a military police lieutenant fabricates evidence of treason that consigns the innocent man to torture and a firing squad. The lieutenant rapes the wife, but is haunted by bad dreams which get worse after he is assigned to a battalion in which his victim's brother is also an officer. When the lieutenant is unmasked as the real traitor, he is shot to death in the graveyard where his victim's corpse is buried.
Credits
Crew
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Shintoho Company Ltd.
Producers: Mitsugu Okura, Katsuji Tsuda
Script: Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Assistant Director: Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Director of Photography: Tadashi Nishimoto
Music: Yoshi Eguchi
Western Electric Recording
Art Director: Haruyasu Kurosawa
Cast
Shoji Nakayama (Ichiro Tazawa)
Naoko Kubo (Akika Tazawa)
Shigeru Amachi (Namishima)
Akira Nakamura
Yoko Mihara
Fumiko Miyata
Shin Shibata
Alternative Titles
Military Cop and the Ghost
The Military Policeman and the Vengeful Spirit – literal translation of Japanese title
Links
Sequel to
Kenpei to barabara shibijin (1957)
References
Books
- Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Films by Thomas Weisser and Yuko Mihara Weisser – review (Entry shows title as Military Cop and the Ghost)
