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- Recreates a horrific lust-murder sequence from kabuki theatre, starring members of the Kasen Makamura all-girl troupe.
- The first-released film to capture the ghostly legend of Sakura Sôgotô, the subject of numerous gruesome kabuki plays of spectral horror. Sôgorô (also known as Kiuchi), was a 17th century farmer who was tortured and crucified, along with his family, for daring to question the Shogun. He became a legendary martyr, and stories of his ghost returning to seek revenge passed into myth, The Sôgorô saga became one of the most-filmed ghost stories in early Japanese cinema.
- From the 1759 kabuki play, in which Kiyo-hime transforms into a giant serpent. See also entry for Dojoji (1899).
- In the Shin Buddhist story Yome-Odoshi-No-Oni-N-Men ("The Demon Mask for Frightening Brides"), a woman wears a demonic mask to frighten her daughter-in-law and stop her attending Buddhist sermons; one day she is unable to remove the mask, which has grafted itself to her face. This grim parable later formed the basis of the well-known horror film Onibaba ("Old Devil Woman"), directed in 1964 by Shindo Kaneto.
- From the kabuki play Sumidagawa No Omokage ("Memories Of The Sumida River"), a ghost story of greed and revenge.
- Footage shot during Japanese Army Lieutenant Nobu Shirase's second Antarctica expedition.
- Another version of the cat-monster story "Hana Saga Nekomata Zoshi" - see entry for Saha Ni Yozakura (1910)