the film open with a peaceful shot of a traditional japanese house complete with thatched roof that sit on the side of a small hill and an on screen caption appear that read kushiata kyoto and japan 1840. a young japanese trainee samurai name masanori ( toshiya maruyama ) walk up the wind path to the house and inside wait otami ( mako hattori ) with whom he be have an affair behind her husband and shugoro ( tsuiyuki sasaki a toshiyuki sasaki ) back who happen to be masanori teacher . shugoro unexpectedly arrive home to find his wife and student have very intimate relation with each other . his honour destroy the enraged samurai brutally murder both otami and masanori before commit suicide . over a century later and ted fletcher ( edward albert ) arrive in japan on a working holiday with his wife laura ( susan george ) and their young daughter amy ( amy barrett ) . their close friend alex curtis ( doug mcclure ) who work for the american consulate help them out by find them a place to stay and you do not need me to you where . he jokingly say it go so cheap because it haunt and to which both ted and laura laugh off a they obviously do not believe in ghost and at least for the time be that be . almost immediately the film go into cliché mode . light turn on and off by themselves and laura have an uneasy feeling about the place and a local zen monk ( henry mitowa ) give them an ominous warning for them to leave before it too late which they ignore and of course . the spirit of otami and masanori and shugoro be doom for eternity to remain within the wall of the house because of a majyo witch ( tsuyako olajima ) curse put upon them . but there may be a way they can break the curse and unfortunately for the fletcher family it could potentially cost them their marriage and daughter and possibly even their very live . direct by kevin connor i think this be a pretty average film and ok to watch once if you have get nothing well to do but after a day or two you will probably have completely forget it . nothing stick in the memory a be particularly bad but on the other hand there nothing particularly good about the film either . the script by robert suhosky from the novel by james hardiman be a little on the dull side and strictly by the number and a lot of ghostly going on happen throughout the film but none of it be very interesting or exciting and the flat character and direction doesn not help thing . there be couple of silly sequence like the giant plastic crab that try to get amy and her babysitter and noriko ( mayumi umeda ) . and there be a scene where the zen monk exorcise the house and the ghost be banish outside unable to get back in and however that be until ted simply open the door and they just walk right back in and some exorcism . one more thing and i think it be a bad idea to have doug mcclure who be 47 when he make this and try his hand at kung fu and oriental sword fighting . george get her ample breast out a couple of time include a very unerotic sex scene with mcclure and although great pain and a couple of bed sheet that stick to them like super glue be take to ensure no below the waist nudity be present . apart from a couple of mostly off screen decapitation there no blood and gore or violence to speak about . the transparent ghost effect be ok but they ain not go to impress many people these day . it professionally enough make and look quite nice but the potential in the japanese setting and myth be squander a this film could have be set in america and england or any western country without have to change a thing . an ok time waster .