Gorô Kadono

The Tanuki are invisible beings who take pleasure in hunting people. They can take any human form, as well as those of animals and other fantastic creatures. (moviemeter)

1956 Japanese film, originally released in two parts. (The Movie Database)

The film begins with an opening sequence of shuffling ghost-like zombies rising from the waves to drag the workers of a deserted shipyard, swirling with dry ice, to their doom. The ghosts main target however is the village kingpin, and employer of the diving girls, Satomura. When his wife and youngest daughter are abducted, it is up to his remaining daughter Nami and her ama companions to get to the bottom of the mystery, which again revolves around sunken treasure and a gang of swarthy crooks. (Jasper Sharp)

After apprenticing himself to a painter, a man decides that the painter's knowledge isn't enough--he wants his wife too. But as it turns out, the painter's death doesn't keep him from exacting revenge. (imdb)