A blind masseur visits a samurai to request the return of a loan. The samurai kills him in anger, then has his servant dump the body in the Kasane swamp. However, the ghost of the masseur returns to haunt the samurai, who kills his wife by mistake and then goes to the swamp and drowns himself. 20 years later, the masseur's daughter unknowingly falls in love with the samurai's son who has been brought up to be a servant.
This Daei Studio Horror movie version utilises the legendary Yotsuya Kaidan storyline. This version is by director Kazuo Mori, who is best known for the episodes of "Zaitoichi". The complicated storyline takes place around 1786 and concerns the life of a masterless samurai, Lemon who is unhappy in marriage with his ill wife Oiwa and hates working for a living doing assembly piecework for umbrellas. Lemon concocts a plan for an arranged and profitable marriage to Oume, a rich young lady, so that he can live the life he desires. He hires thugs to attack the young and rich Lady and Lemon battles them off. In gratitude, Oume gives a gift of "medicine" for Lemon's sick wife. It's actually a poison. Lemon uses it to kill his wife. She dies and her ghost takes revenge.
