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Tight 46-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
The Ghost of the Hina Dolls
1978 0h 46m JA
HorrorTV Movie
Synopsis
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A high school girl is invited to an old family's historic Hinamatsuri (Girls' Festival), but becomes entangled in an anomaly caused by the curse of the Hina dolls.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Tarō Shigaki
Miki Jinbo
Shinnosuke Ikehata
深町綾子
荒木 通子
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Hideo Nanbu
- Writers
- 山岸凉子, まつしまとしあき
- Languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
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The take
Hideo Nanbu directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 46-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 248 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Tarō Shigaki and Miki Jinbo and Shinnosuke Ikehata carry the top of the cast.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 46 min · 0h 46m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- JA
Also by
Hideo Nanbu
Production companies
Who made it
Kansai Television
JP
Shochiku
JP
- SH
Shochiku Kyoto Studio
JP
Key crew
- Original Story山岸凉子
- MusicHachiro Aoyama
Release history · US
When it landed
- Physical2024-06-28· R2 Release bundled as Nichiyo Kyofu Series Best Selection 3 (Showa no Meisaku Library 138) [HD Remastered Edition]
- TV1978-09-24
Also known as
International titles
- おひな様の亡霊JP
- Ghosts of the DollsJP
