One of 3 movies released 1909 with the same name.
Jul 1909
Early japanese horror film from 1909. From the 1759 kabuki play, in which Kiyo-hime transforms into a giant serpent.
Jan 1909
Recreates a horrific lust-murder sequence from kabuki theatre, starring members of the Kasen Makamura all-girl troupe.
In myth, the tsuchigumo was a monstrous ground spider, hunted and killed by the demon-slayer Raikono-Minamoto. The tsuchigumo first infested Raiko's mansion in seductive female form, vampirizing him, and generating hallucinations of yokai. But Raiko was able to fend away the spider-demon, hacking off one limb, and tracking it to its lair.
Jan 1910
A woman wears a demonic mask to frighten her daughter-in-law and stop her attending Buddhist sermons; one day she is unable to remove the mask, which has grafted itself to her face.
Jan 1911
Japanese horror movie from 1909.
The first-released film to capture the ghostly legend of Sakura Sôgotô, the subject of numerous gruesome kabuki plays of spectral horror. Sôgorô (also known as Kiuchi), was a 17th century farmer who was tortured and crucified, along with his family, for daring to question the Shogun. He became a legendary martyr, and stories of his ghost returning to seek revenge passed into myth, The Sôgorô saga became one of the most-filmed ghost stories in early Japanese cinema.
Japanese horror movie from 1912.
Jan 1912
From the kabuki play Sumidagawa No Omokage ("Memories Of The Sumida River"), a ghost story of greed and revenge.
Japanese horror movie from 1910.
