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Kaidan Hyaku Shosetsu (100 Tales of Horror) [Fuji
TV Synopsis]: "100 tales of horror" is the follow-up to
"Onmyoji Abe no Seimei" in the Tuesday night "Super Jidaigeki"
time slot. Computer graphics and special effects bring a
new face to these stories of horror that have been told
for many years. Outline of Story 1 "Yotsuya Kaidan" There
are all kinds of people living in the back street tenement
houses in old Edo. One of them is Ashiya Dosan, the descendant
of an Onmyoji who made a name for himself back in the Heian
period. Unfortunately, unlike his forefathers, Dosan hasn't
made much of a living off the fortune telling and amulet
peddling that he does. One day, Dosan finds a slaughtered
body along the edge of a pond in Yotsuya. It is the body
of Iori Tamiya, the father-in-law of Iuemon Tamiya. Deeply
saddened by the violent murder of her father, the enraged
wife of Iuemon, Oiwa, begs her husband to seek revenge.
Iuemon tells her "Your parents are just like my own," but
in reality, he has no intention of doing anything. In fact,
the entire reason that he married into the family 3 years
ago was to get away from life as a samurai. Kihei, Iuemon's
boss had a mistress by the name of Okoto. In order to deceive
his wife, who is crazed with jealousy, Kihei asks Iuemon
to take Okoto as his bride. Knowing that Oiwa and her father
Iori would get in the way of this, Iuemon takes the life
of Iori. Oiwa runs away from home with the help of Takuetsu,
a masseur who is a family friend. Takuestu tries to take
advantage of her, but she refuses. This prompts him to tell
her that "Your husband sold you to me for 5 ryo." After
hearing this, Oiwa runs back to her family's estate, and
waiting there is her ex-husband Iuemon, who introduces his
"new wife" to her. Takuetsu who had chased after Oiwa tells
Iuemon that "she is mine now because you sold her to me."
Baffled by this, Oiwa runs away. Later she finds herself
at the lake, and throws herself in... The scene then switches
to the Tamiya estate...suddenly it begins to thunder and
the voice of a weeping woman can be heard. It is Oiwa. She
tells Iuemon "I love you, and couldn't die because I'm in
too much pain and lonely without you. Please let me stay
by your side." Iuemon then takes her in. As she lies in
bed sick, Kihei gives poison to Iuemon and tells him to
"finish her off." Iuemon begins giving her the "medicine."
After that, Takuetsu comes to see her with medicine in hand.
Oiwa refuses to take his medicine. This makes Takuetsu feel
miserable, so he tells her the truth about who really killed
her father. A short while afterwards, Iuemon comes to see
how the poison is taking effect. What he finds is Oiwa with
only half a face. "You killed my father, and now me...but
I still care for you." Hearing this, Iuemon stabs her with
his sword and runs away, but she still chases after him.
Iuemon pulls out his sword to stab her again but this time
accidentally stabs Takuetsu. After running into Dosan on
the street, Iuemon gives him money and asks him to take
him in. It doesn't matter where he runs to though, because
the now dead Oiwa, continues to chase after him. Next Iuemon
runs to Kihei's estate, and uses his sword on Kihei and
Okoto. He then cuts his own throat. Oiwa, now looking more
beautiful than ever, gently strokes the body of the deceased
Iuemon. Reviews Needed Copyright © 1993-2003
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