Yotsuya Kaidan

[Machine Translation] A curse calls! Vindictiveness lures! A series of bloody tragedies in Oedo at midnight! Cursed devil fire in the hidden moat! --Iemon, who has feelings for Oiwa, is cursed by Oiwa's father, Fujii Samon, as a son of iniquity. Driven by anger, Iemon slays Samon and flees to Edo with Oiwa. As Iemon lives in poverty, Naosuke, who was present at the murder of Samon, appears before him and begins to extort money from him. Iemon's mother, Omaki, learns that Oume, the only daughter of Kihei Ito, a big shopkeeper, has feelings for Iemon, and plans to adopt him as her son-in-law. Iemon rejects the proposal at first, but finally agrees because of his impoverished lifestyle and the fact that Naosuke has been pestering him to become his son-in-law. He tries to have Takuetsu, a masseur, play the role of a spousal partner for Oiwa and fabricate an adulterous affair with her. He also poisoned Oiwa with what he called a "miracle drug. When Takuetsu sees Oiwa disfigured by the poison, he is so horrified that he confesses to Iemon and his men's wicked plan. Cursing Iemon, Oiwa died. Iemon then finishes off Takuetsu, nails him and Oiwa to a doorboard, and throws them into the Okawa River. The wedding of Iemon and Oume eventually takes place. The wedding night is a hair-raising tragedy.

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呪いが呼ぶ! 執念が誘う! 真夜の大江戸に相次ぐ血の惨劇! 隠亡堀に呪いの鬼火! ――お岩に想いを寄せる伊右衛門は、お岩の父・藤井左門に不義の子と罵られた。怒りに駆られた伊右衛門は左門を斬り殺し、お岩を連れて江戸へ逃げる。浪々の生活に喘ぎながら暮す伊右衛門の前に、左門斬殺の場にいた直助が現れて金を強請り始める。伊右衛門の母・お槙は、大店・伊藤喜兵衛の一人娘・お梅が伊右衛門を想っていることを知って婿養子にと企む。一度は拒絶した伊右街門だったが、困窮する生活と直助から強請られていることで遂には承知する。按摩の宅悦を抱き込み、お岩に間男をさせて不義密通をでっち上げようとする。さらには妙薬と称してお岩に毒を盛るのだった。その毒で醜く変貌したお岩を見た宅悦は、恐怖の余りに伊右衛門たちの奸計を白状してしまう。伊右衛門を呪いながらお岩は絶命。そして伊右衛門は宅悦を始末し、お岩とともに戸板へ釘打ちして大川に投げ込む。やがて行われる伊右衛門とお梅の婚礼。その初夜は身の毛もよだつ惨劇となる。