On June 23, 2025, Radiance is releasing a Blu-ray (Region A/B) for The Tale of Oiwa’s Ghost. Crime film specialist Tai Kato (I, the Executioner) brings the famous Ghost Story of Yotsuya to the screen as a gritty tale of murder and greed, with an intense lead performance by Tomisaburo Wakayama (Lone Wolf and Cub, New Battles Without Honor and Humanity).
When the daughter of an elite family takes a shine to poor samurai Iemon (Wakayama), he sees an opportunity to climb the social ladder. He just needs to rid himself of his only obstacle: his loving wife Oiwa. He poisons her and dumps her corpse in a nearby swamp, but she returns as a horribly disfigured ghost to haunt Iemon on his wedding night.
Features:
- High-Definition digital transfer
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Interview with Mari Asato (2025)
- Visual essay on tormented female ghosts by Lindsay Nelson (2025)
- Trailer
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Tom Mes and an archival review of the film
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
This title will soon be available at The Goodie Emporium, a U.S.-based online store that currently has many Import Shaw Brothers/Golden Harvest/martial arts DVD/Blu-ray movies in-stock – with New titles being added regularly!
