The Oiwa Phantom (1969)

Set during 1786 determination of the lord results in many masturless samurai, including Iyemon who is used to luxury and cannot adjust to the hand-to-mouth conditions & piecework of umbrella making. Having hired ruffians to make him look like a superior swordsman, he arranges for himself the opportunity of a profitable marriage. He hires the half-blind masseur Takuetsuto seduce or rape his wife, so that she can be divorced or killed for adultery. But the masseur takes pity & informs Oiwa of her husband's horrid plot. Assisted by the merchant's daughter he intends to marry, Iyemon disfigures his wife attempting to poison her so he can marry higher. There's a lovingly gruesome sequence as she combs blad patches into her hair, kneeling deformed at her mirror, weeping with bitterness. She eventually cuts her own throat, swearing revenge. (Source: ihorrordb) ~~ Adapted from the play "Yotsuya Kaidan" (四谷怪談) by Tsuruya Nanboku IV (鶴屋南北4). Edit Translation

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