Need help finding a movie title

[GonneVille]

And it's going to probably be pretty darn obscure. The plot as I recall involved a young couple purchasing a house in Japan, and discovering a ring hidden under the floorboards. In flashback style, the ring is revealed to have belonged to a woman who was killed by her jealous lover, who then killed himself, many years ago. Their spirits then take over the modern couple, and they repeat the tragedy again.

I have no idea who was in it, and only saw it twice, and that was back in the 80s, so you can see why I say it's going to be obscure. I know that it had to be from before 1984, because that was when I saw it, on HBO. It was also sub-titled, at least in the flashback sequences. I'm pretty sure it was a big studio film, not a small release, because it was on good film stock.

I don't recall much gore or blood, so it was probably a drama, not a horror movie. Anyone got any ideas what it may have been?

[GonneVille]

Anybody? Please, this is driving me crazy!!!!!

[mmrmnhrm]

Sorry man... best I can suggest is throwing search terms at google and hoping someone wrote a review using the words you picked.

[Lustalbert]

Sorry man... best I can suggest is throwing search terms at google and hoping someone wrote a review using the words you picked.

And if this works, imediately go out and buy a lottery ticket.

[TTQ B4U]

sounds like an 80's version of The Grudge (2004).

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Movies released in

 

1980- The Empire Strikes Back

Superman II starring Christopher Reeve

Nine to Five starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton

 

1981- Raiders of the Lost Ark, starring Harrison Ford

Superman II

Stir Crazy

Nine to Five

Stripes, starring Bill Murray and Warren Oates

Any Which Way You Can

Arthur

The Cannonball Run

The Four Seasons

For Your Eyes Only

 

1982-E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Rocky III, starring Sylvester Stallone

On Golden Pond

Porky's

An Officer and a Gentleman

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Poltergeist

Annie

Chariots of Fire

 

1983-Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Tootsie

Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy

WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy

Superman III

Flashdance

Staying Alive

Octopussy

Mr. Mom, starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr

48 Hours

National Lampoon's Vacation

Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca DeMornay

The Verdict

Jaws 3-D

Never Say Never Again

 

1984-Ghostbusters, starring Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, starring Harrison Ford

Gremlins

Beverly Hills Cop, starring Eddie Murphy

Terms of Endearment (includes some 1983 revenues)

The Karate Kid, starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Police Academy starring Steve Guttenberg, and Kim Catrall

Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner

Sudden Impact (includes some 1983 revenues)

Footloose

Splash

Purple Rain, starring Prince

Amadeus

The Terminator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

[TTQ B4U]

man, now I feel old.

 

Movies released in

 

1980- The Empire Strikes Back

Superman II starring Christopher Reeve

Nine to Five starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton

 

1981- Raiders of the Lost Ark, starring Harrison Ford

Superman II

Stir Crazy

Nine to Five

Stripes, starring Bill Murray and Warren Oates

Any Which Way You Can

Arthur

The Cannonball Run

The Four Seasons

For Your Eyes Only

 

1982-E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Rocky III, starring Sylvester Stallone

On Golden Pond

Porky's

An Officer and a Gentleman

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Poltergeist

Annie

Chariots of Fire

 

1983-Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

Tootsie

Trading Places, starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy

WarGames, starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy

Superman III

Flashdance

Staying Alive

Octopussy

Mr. Mom, starring Michael Keaton and Teri Garr

48 Hours

National Lampoon's Vacation

Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca DeMornay

The Verdict

Jaws 3-D

Never Say Never Again

 

1984-Ghostbusters, starring Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, starring Harrison Ford

Gremlins

Beverly Hills Cop, starring Eddie Murphy

Terms of Endearment (includes some 1983 revenues)

The Karate Kid, starring Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Police Academy starring Steve Guttenberg, and Kim Catrall

Romancing the Stone, starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner

Sudden Impact (includes some 1983 revenues)

Footloose

Splash

Purple Rain, starring Prince

Amadeus

The Terminator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger

[Akula]

The House Where Evil Dwells sounds familiar. Samarurai murders his wife's lover and then in the 1800s and then posses everyone that moves into the house to do the same.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084096/

 

If this is right, I found it by googling....

 

1980 HBO japan house ring

[GonneVille]

YES!!!! That's the one right there. Dang, I never even thought of comboing with the year as a term, wonder if that omission pushed the result past the first couple of pages returned. I kept getting pages of returns for "Ringu" and "The Ring".

Thanks Akula, you won't believe how badly that has been gnawing at my soul......