Assistance in identifying a film

[Peter Larson]

Here it is on Amazon, in Japanese even:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000093NPD/qid=1149903354/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/104-9020589-2286347?s=dvd&v=glance&n=130

Pete

--- Mindy Varner <melinda.varner at colorado.edu> wrote:

>  
> Hello all,
> Since we're on the topic of J-horror, I'm seeking
> assistance in identifing a
> film that I was shown a number of years ago while in
> Japan (around 1999).  I
> thought it was titled Kaidan or Kwaidan, but it is
> not the 1964 Masaki
> Kobayashi of the same title. Like the Kobayashi
> film, it may have been a
> collection of short pieces (then again, maybe not--
> some years have now
> passed!) 
> 
> I vividly recall one scene where a man who has
> killed his wife is confronted
> by her spirit/corpse when a wagon he has pushed into
> the river springs out
> of the water, terrifying him. There is also an
> appearance of a rokurokubi
> (woman whose neck becomes serpentine with her head
> extending out before her
> body, terrifying two men).  Does this ring a bell
> with anyone?  I would love
> to know what this film actually is and obtain a
> copy. From the style of the
> production, I'd guess it was produced in the late
> 1960s or early 1970s. It
> was in color.
> 
> Any leads would be most appreciated!
> 
> Mindy Varner
> 
> 
> 


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