Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi

Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi (怪談累が渕, Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi) (Ghost Story of Kasane Swamp), also known as The Depths, or The Ghost of Kasane, is a 1957 black-and-white/ Scope Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa for Shintoho Films. The screenplay was based on a story called Shinkei Kasanegafuchi by Encho Sanyutei.^[3] The film was never dubbed in English and is only available in subtitled format.^[1] It was a short film, running 57 minutes.^[1]

Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi
Directed by	Nobuo Nakagawa
Written by	Yasunori Kawauchi[1]
Produced by	Mitsugu Okura
Starring	Katsuko Wakasugi Takashi Wada Tetsuro Tamba[1]
Cinematography	Yoshimi Hirano[1]
Music by	Chumei Watanabe
Distributed by	Shintoho
Release date	July 10, 1957 (1957-07-10) [2]
Running time	57 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Daiei Film remade this film twice, once in 1960 (B&W/full screen) as Kaidan Kasane-ga-fuchi,^[4] and again in 1970 (Color/Scope) as The Masseur's Curse (both directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda).^[1] The 1960 version was never shown in the United States, nor was it dubbed in English.^[1]

Cast

• Tetsurō Tamba
• Katsuko Wakasugi
• Takashi Wada
• Noriko Kitazawa
• Kikuko Hanaoka^[1]