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Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
Written by | Motomu Furuta Kinji Fukasaku |
Produced by | Tetsuo Sasho Ryuta Saito |
Cinematography | Shigeru Ishihara |
Edited by | Koichi Sonoi |
Music by | Kaoru Wada |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Crest of Betrayal, known in Japan as Chūshingura Gaiden: Yotsuya Kaidan (Japanese: 忠臣蔵外伝 四谷怪談, "The Treasury of Loyal Retainers Side Story: Yotsuya Ghost Story"), is a 1994 Japanese film directed by Kinji Fukasaku.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Written by Motomu Furuta and Fukasaku, it combines two enduring Japanese legends; Chūshingura, which tells the story of the historical forty-seven rōnin, and Yotsuya Kaidan, a ghost story about a beautiful woman who falls victim to passion and evil.[7]