Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.

「牡丹燈籠」の依田義賢が脚本を執筆し、「刑務所破り」の池広一夫が監督したシリーズ第十四作。撮影は「眠狂四郎円月殺法」の武田千吉郎が担当。