During a fever, Tateo, the male protagonist believes he is dying and has the hallucination that his beautiful wife, Reiko (Tamaki Katori), the daughter of a wealthy family, is having an affair w/ another man. He then tells her an ancient Chinese story: the ancient Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi wanted to test the faithfulness of his wife, so he faked his own death; the wife was grief-stricken and went into mourning. While funeral arrangements were in progress, a handsome young man came to call on Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi's wife soon fell into love w/ the young man and decided to marry hi. However, the young man fell ill; his servant said that the only medicine to cure him is human brain. Zhuangzi's wife eventually decided to break his husband's coffin and take his brain. However the young man turns out be Zhuangzi in disguise.
Genre: Horror
Stars: Tamaki Katori, Jōji Ōhara, Kyōko Ōgimachi, Shao Lo-Hui, Rong Bai, Miyako Ichijō
Crew: Shao Lo-Hui (Director), Mitsuo Kaneda (Screenplay), Satoru Kobayashi (Director), Minoru Matsui (Screenplay), Ren Huang (Screenplay), Hisashi Hanamoto (Choreographer)
Country: Taiwan, Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Oriental Film Company, Okura Pictures
Runtime: 88 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jun 13, 1962
IMDb: 6
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