The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost (Limited Edition) GCal_processed as the family gathers around

as the family gathers around the table for a Thanksgiving meal

and then made to pay for it in ghastly ways

Castellari (who channels Sam Peckinpah and Sergio Leone in equal measure)

Director Commentary

Frank Capra adapted a hit stage play for this marvelous screwball meeting of the madcap and the macabre

The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost (Limited Edition) GCal_processed as the family gathers aroundWhen the daughter of an elite family takes a shine to poor samurai Iemon (Tomisaburo Wakayama, lone wolf and cub), he sees an opportunity to climb the social ladder. He just needs to rid himself of his only obstacle: his loving wife Oiwa. He poisons her and dumps her corpse in a nearby swamp, but she returns as a horribly disfigured ghost to haunt Iemon on his wedding night. Crime film specialist Tai Kato (I, the Executioner) brings the famous Ghost