Denshichi Torimonocho: The Curse of the Silver Snake(1957)

Kofu duty guard Yamauchi Hinata-kami cultivated illegal drugs and had them sold through Omiya, a drug wholesaler in Edo Muromachi. One day, a strange spell descends on Omiya, killing his wife Osetsu, and then his second daughter Okyo as well. After that, there was a rumor that a ghost playing a flute appeared in the town of Edo. Sanshiro Tachibana, a member of the Kitamachi Magistrate Doshin, asked Denshichi to investigate these incident.

Genre: Mystery, Horror

Director: Seiichi Fukuda

Actors: Kôkichi Takada, Michiko Saga, Junzaburô Ban, Kimiko Fukuda

Release date: 1957-09-22

Country of origin: Japan

Length: 1h 38m