Jûzaburô Akechi

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)

In 1870's Tokyo, Den steals to support the daughter of her first marriage and her consumptive second husband. She falls in love with a young policeman, but is coerced into becoming the mistress of and procurer for a vice boss. (themoviedb)

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)