Daiei Gothic Volume 2: Japanese Ghost Stories

Japan's classic ghost stories are brought to the screen by masters of the genre, Tokuzo Tanaka (The Snow Woman) and Kimiyoshi Yasuda (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare). In The Demon of Mount Oe, a group of mighty warriors is sent to eliminate a demon who steals women from the imperial capital of Kyoto. On the way, they face a satanic bull, a giant spider and a diabolical witch, but the closer they come to their goal, the more they realise that the demon they've been ordered to kill is far more human than they were led to believe. In The Haunted Castle, a blind monk is killed in a cowardly manner by a samurai lord. When the monk's sister is ordered to become the lord's concubine, she commits suicide and transfers her grudge to their black cat, who assumes the human form of one of the lord's ladies-in-waiting and begins to wreak havoc around the castle court. The lord's machiavellian right-hand man (Rokko Toura, Kuroneko) and a young swordsman (Kojiro Hongo, The Bride from Hades) combine forces to solve the mystery and stop the supernatural menace. In The Ghost of Kasane Swamp a samurai's wife tries to repay her husband's debt with her body but is caught in bed with the money lender and they are both murdered by her husband who dumps their bodies in a nearby swamp. Shingoro and Oshiga, the money lender and samurai's children, find a curse has been passed to them as they each try to recover the money. Newly restored in 4K, three more stories from the Daiei studio represent the Japanese ghost film at its most lavish and chilling.

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Commentary: 'The Ghost of Kasane Swamp': Select-scene commentary by Lindsay Nelson (horror film scholar)., Interviews: Taichi Kasuga (period film historian); Mari Asato (J-horror filmmaker); Norio Tsuruta (J-horror filmmaker)., Newly designed box and booklet artwork by Time Tomorrow; Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista; 'Blade of the Demon Slayer': Visual essay by Tom Mes; Visual essay by Zack Davisson (ghost story scholar)., Trailers

Actors: Kôjirô Hongô, Ikuko Môri, Reiko Kasahara, Rokkô Toura, Shintarô Katsu, Kenjirô Ishiyama, Kazuo Hasegawa, Saburô Date, Mitsuyo Kamei, Yutaka Nakamura, Naomi Kobayashi, Maya Kitajima, Ganjirô Nakamura, Raizô Ichikawa, Teruo Ishiyama

Audio Languages: Japanese

Duration: 278 minutes

Number of Discs: 3

Subtitle Languages: English

UK Delivery:

• Free delivery on all orders of £10 or more.
• £1.49 delivery fee on orders below £10.
• UK orders are shipped via Royal Mail 2nd Class.

International Delivery:

• Flat rate delivery charges vary by country.

Dispatch and Delivery Times:

• All orders are shipped from our warehouse in Northampton, UK within 48 hours of receipt during working hours.
• UK mainland orders typically arrive within 3-5 working days via Royal Mail 2nd Class.
• International estimated delivery times:
• Europe & Channel Islands: 7 to 10 working days
• USA: 7 to 15 working days
• Rest of the World: 9 to 21 working days

View our full delivery infomation here.