Kwaidan (#90) Mike Leigh and a fiendish plot to

and a fiendish plot to recreate the infamous experiments of his deranged father

Lionel Atwill

Joop (1969)

17 mins): an examination of the plot

the sequel Sister Street Fighter: Hanging By a Thread

Kwaidan (#90) Mike Leigh and a fiendish plot toAfter more than a decade of sober political dramas and socially minded period pieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearns collections of Japanese folklore, are existentially frightening and