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How to describe Nobuhiko Obayashi’s indescribable 1977 movie House (Hausu)? As a psychedelic ghost tale? A stream-of-consciousness bedtime story? An episode of Scooby-Doo as directed by Mario Bava? Any of the above will do for this hallucinatory head trip about a schoolgirl who travels with six classmates to her ailing aunt’s creaky country home and comes face-to-face with evil spirits, a demonic house cat, a bloodthirsty piano, and other ghoulish visions, all realized by Obayashi via mattes, animation, and collage effects. Equally absurd and nightmarish, House might have been beamed to Earth from some other planet. Never before available on home video in the United States, it’s one of the most exciting cult discoveries in years.
Original Release
07/30/1977
US Release
09/01/1977
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Kimiko Ikegami | Oshare (Miyuki Koga) / Gorgeous / Oshare's Mother / Gorgeous' Mother |
Miki Jinbo | Kung Fu |
Kumiko Ôba | Fantasy |
Ai Matsubara | Gari / Prof |
Mieko Satô | Mac |
Eriko Tanaka | Melody |
Masayo Miyako | Sweet |
Kiyohiko Ozaki | Keisuke Tôgô / Mr. Togo |
Saho Sasazawa | Daddy Kogarashi / Gorgeous' Father |
Asei Kobayashi | Watermelon Farmer |
Directors
Writers
Chiho Katsura, Chigumi Ôbayashi
Cast
Name | Character |
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Kimiko Ikegami | Oshare (Miyuki Koga) / Gorgeous / Oshare's Mother / Gorgeous' Mother |
Miki Jinbo | Kung Fu |
Kumiko Ôba | Fantasy |
Ai Matsubara | Gari / Prof |
Mieko Satô | Mac |
Eriko Tanaka | Melody |
Masayo Miyako | Sweet |
Kiyohiko Ozaki | Keisuke Tôgô / Mr. Togo |
Saho Sasazawa | Daddy Kogarashi / Gorgeous' Father |
Asei Kobayashi | Watermelon Farmer |
Mitsutoshi Ishigami | Photographer |
Ippei Hara | Tora-san Lookalike |
Tetsuo Kanai | |
Shôichi Hirose | Ramen Trucker |
Yasumasa Ônishi | Old Villager |
Midori Naitô | |
Kiyoko Tsuji | Grandmother |
Tomokazu Miura | Auntie's Fiancé |
Fumi Dan | Teacher |
Haruko Wanibuchi | Ryôko Ema |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nobuhiko Ôbayashi | Producer |
Tomoyuki Tanaka | Producer |
Yorihiko Yamada | Producer |