Nihon Meisaku Kaidan Gekijō: Kaidan Shinigami(1979)

movie - first aired/released 1979-08-22 - 45 min

TV Movie, Horror, Drama

Directed by Masateru Nishiyama

After a fight with his wife, Yahachirō, a carpenter, meets a sinister "Shinigami" who teaches him how to spot people who won’t die. He profits by treating only those who will survive but soon begins an affair with Osen, a barmaid. Osen and her husband Bunzō plot to kill Yahachirō for his money, strangling him and tossing his body into the river. But one night, Yahachirō reappears, his face twisted into a monstrous form…