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Village of Eight Gravestones

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The heir to a family fortune discovers that a curse has been placed on it, put there centuries before by a band of samurai warriors. Adaptation of novel by Seishi Yokomizo

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1977-10-29

Runtime: 151 mins

Director: Yoshitarō Nomura

Spoken language: 日本語

Genres: Thriller, Horror, Mystery

Original title: Village of Eight Gravestones

Production Companies: Shochiku

Production Countries: Japan

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