Returning Spirit

怪談牡丹燈籠

Also known as Peony Lantern Ghost Story, 怪談 牡丹燈籠, Kaidan botan-dôrô, Peonies and Stone Lanterns

A tryst between the young warrior Hagiwara Shinzaburo and beautiful Otsuyu is discovered, and the shamed Otsuyu commits suicide with her maid. Their ghosts subsequently appear to Shinzaburo. He obtains a door-protecting charm and a statue of the goddess Kannon from a priest to keep the spirits from his home. A conniving servant removes the protective devices so that Otsuyu can reach her lover and cart him away to the land of the dead.