Jizo the Ghost

Jizo the Ghost

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1898

Genres

Horror

Original Title

化け地蔵

Production Companies

Konishi Honten

Director

Shiro Asano

Description

Jizo, the protector of dead children and all creatures trapped in Hell, is usually found in graveyards. Bake-Jizo is a stature placed at crossroads. There is no official record of Bake Jizo's existence - only later recollection of cameraman Shiro Asano, Konishi Honten was photography in Nihonbashi, Tokyo, which imported the first film to Japan.