“The Living Koheiji” is based on a play of the same name by Senzaburo Suzuki. The story is a reinterpretation of a classic ghost tale about a kabuki actor famous for playing spirits, who is murdered and returns as a ghost. The surreal element of the narrative is that “although thought dead, he keeps coming back to life.” The story is a kabuki standard still performed today. A previous film adaptation titled “Ikiteiru Koheiji” was made by Toho in 1957. This 1982 version marked the second film adaptation. In 1980, Keiji Isoda’s independent production company, Isoda Office, teamed up with Atg to produce a project. Although Nakagawa had already stepped back from the spotlight, known as a master of ghost stories with films like “Jigoku” or “The Ghost of Yotsuya”, he was asked to direct, and he proposed this play as the project he most wanted to bring to life.
Filming began...
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- 7/2/2025
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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