In a small village housewife Duyen (Le Van) receives a letter informing her that her husband has died in battle. Unable to accept the truth Duyen persuades local poet Khang to write a letter in her husband’s name reassuring her infant son and ailing father-in-law that all is well. But after Khang reluctantly agrees to write further letters a personal … Read the rest
Tag: Ghost
Portrait of Hell (Shiro Toyoda, Japan, 1969)
In medieval Japan a rebellious Korean artist named Yoshihide (Tatsuya Nakadai) witnesses the death of a peasant at the hands of Lord Hosokawa (Kinnosuke Nakamura) and creates a painting of the dead man cursing Hosokowa that’s so vivid it panics the tyrant into visions of his ghost. So Hosokowa retaliates by ordering Yoshihide to paint a mural extolling his benevolence. … Read the rest
Retribution (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, 2006)
Detective Noboru (Koji Yakusho) investigates the killing of a woman found drowned in a puddle of salt-water. As more victims are murdered in the same manner Noboru finds himself haunted by a figure in a red dress (Riona Hazuki) accusing him of her death. But when the victim’s killer turns out to be her ex-boyfriend Noboru realises that the vengeful … Read the rest
A Chinese Ghost Story (Ching Siu-Tung, China, 1987)
A struggling tax collector (Leslie Cheung) spends the night in a haunted temple only to be seduced and almost killed by a beautiful woman (Joey Wang) whose change of heart toward her victim is only possible because she’s a good spirit under the spell of an evil tree demon. So, teaming up with a martial arts warrior (Wu Ma) to … Read the rest
Pitfall (Hiroshi Teshigahara, Japan, 1962)
A miner (Hisashi Igawa) is murdered by a man in a white suit (Kunie Tanaka) but returns as an understandably upset ghost determined to find out why. His search leads him to his identical double, Otsuka (also played by Igawa), who’s the union chief of a local mine embroiled in a row with a rival union headed by Toyama (Sen … Read the rest
