Japanese 1960s Horror Classics?

[Maria Jose]

>I'm by no means an authority on Japanese horror films, though I generally 
>do enjoy them. They tend to make my own problems seem trivial by 
>comparison, and a Japanese friend once told me that one reason they tend 
>to show them more in the summer in Japan is because they chill you down in 
>the heat.


You must also remember that summer is particularly associated with ghosts 
thanks
to 0-bon,a Buddhist Festival during which the spirits of dead ancestors 
visit the altar especially prepared for them-food and drink included-in 
every household.
People also visit the family tombs and it is a common superstition that you 
cannot swim in the sea if you don't want to risk being pulled into the 
waters by ghosts!