Exhuma
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Exhuma is a 2024 South Korean horror film written and directed by Jang Jae-hyun, and starring Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun, Yoo Hae-jin and Lee Do-hyun. The film includes mystery and occult elements, and
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Tsukumogami
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In Japanese folklore, tsukumogami are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. According to an annotated version of The Tales of Ise titled Ise Monogatari Shō, there is a theory originally from the
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…the samurai while the others dig the grave. A vision reveals The Fox embedding a katana inside a decapitated samurai’s body, turning the samurai into a tsukumogami, and Ji-yong’s grandfather’s grave serving as a cover for the relic. Sang-deok realises that the samurai himself is the iron spike and that, as he is…
Woodblock print, A New Collection of Monsters 新板化物つくし, 1860
Hokusai, The Lantern Ghost, 1826/1837
The Hyakki Yagyō Emaki from the Muromachi period, author unknown. They are yōkai of tools, so they are commonly thought of as tsukumogami.