# Crest of Betrayal (1994)

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**Original title**: *忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談*
**Runtime**: 106 min
**Genres**: Horror, Drama, Action, History, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Kinji Fukasaku
**Written by**: Kinji Fukasaku, Motomu Furuta
**Starring**: Koichi Sato, Saki Takaoka, Keiko Oginome, Renji Ishibashi, Eri Watanabe, Shōhei Hino

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Snowflakes fall on lacquered swords, a lone shamisen plays, in feudal Japan's winter. 
Shadows of loyalty and deceit entwine. 
Fukasaku's lens touches dark fantasy.

**Mood tags**: dread, outsider

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