
Bones(2001)
Over 20 years after his death, local legend and benefactor Jimmy Bones returns as a ghost to get revenge on those who killed him and restore his neighborhood.


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...

Kikko Matsuoka
Saeko

Yasunori Irikawa
Mochizuki

Masumi Okada
Father / Boss

Asao Uchida
Ejiri

Asao Koike
Tsuji

Toshihiko Yamamoto
Ono
Keijiro Kikyo
Policeman

Hitoshi Takagi
Kaori Taniguchi
Mayumi

Keiko Yanagawa
Sanae Suetsugu
Living Skeleton is a horror, crime, thriller film released in 1968 exploring themes of skeleton, ghost ship, bats, macabre, freighter, coastal village. Directed by Hiroshi Matsuno, it stars Kikko Matsuoka, Yasunori Irikawa, Masumi Okada. 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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