Kaidan

Kaidan

2007•1h 55m•6.3/10

DramaHorrorRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(32)

Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river will never surface again. 20 Years later, Shinkichi, the handsome son of Shinzaemon, coincidentally meets Toyoshiga, the daughter of Soetsu. They fall in love. It is a doomed love, as the spirit of Soetsu is far from dead

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Production

Kaidan Seisaku Iinkai, Avex Entertainment, Eisei Gekijo, Yahoo! Japan, Nagoya Broadcasting Network, TV Asahi, Xanadeux Company, OZ, Media Factory, Shochiku

Language

JA

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Kumiko Aso

Kumiko Aso

Orui

Takaaki Enoki

Takaaki Enoki

Shinzaemon Fukami

Léona Hirota

Léona Hirota

Okou

Hitomi Kuroki

Hitomi Kuroki

Toyoshiga

Tae Kimura

Tae Kimura

Oshono

Asaka Seto

Asaka Seto

Oshizu

Kikunosuke Onoe V

Kikunosuke Onoe V

Shinkichi

Mao Inoue

Mao Inoue

Ohisa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Masahiko Tsugawa

Orui's father

Shôji Murakami

Kanzou

Teisui Ichiryûsai

Storyteller

Taigi Kobayashi

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Kanzou, Shinichi's uncle

Naomasa Musaka

Naomasa Musaka

Soetsu

Taeko Nishino

Taeko Nishino

Osena

Yumi Shimizu

Yumi Shimizu

Omitsu

Yui Tateishi

Yûrei Yanagi

Yûrei Yanagi

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