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Living Skeleton

Living Skeleton

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Living Skeleton

1968

1h 21m

5.6(32 votes)

Horror

Crime

Thriller

Overview

A ship is attacked at sea for its cargo by a group of thieves who murder a newlywed doctor and rape his wife. Three years later her twin sister is kidnapped by the same pirates, who begin to die strange deaths...

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kikko Matsuoka

Kikko Matsuoka

Saeko

Yasunori Irikawa

Yasunori Irikawa

Mochizuki

Masumi Okada

Masumi Okada

Father / Boss

Asao Uchida

Asao Uchida

Ejiri

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Tsuji

Toshihiko Yamamoto

Toshihiko Yamamoto

Ono

Keijiro Kikyo

Policeman

Hitoshi Takagi

Hitoshi Takagi

Kaori Taniguchi

Mayumi

Keiko Yanagawa

Keiko Yanagawa

Sanae Suetsugu

Creative team

Directed by: Hiroshi Matsuno
Written by: Kyuzo Kobayashi
Kikuma Shimoiizaka
Produced by: Akira Inomata

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