If you loved I, the Executioner, try The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost

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Both films are directed by Tai Katō, and they both carry the dread, foreign gem mood tags, and they sit in Drama / Horror territory. If that's the register that drew you to I, the Executioner, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost is

Edo. A paper lantern. A disfigured woman begs for justice. Her husband's treachery exposed, a vengeful spirit rises. Poison plots, dishonor, and a thirst for retribution plague the guilty. A classic ghost story, rendered with a stark fatalism typical of '60s Japanese horror.

If you loved I, the Executioner, try The Tale of Oiwa's Ghost

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