Another way of looking of looking at the film is through the lens of sexual desire and repression. The daughter and her lover are able to shun all societal conventions controlling relationships, because they are living apart from any sort of "parental" governing body (in this case samurai), but then the ghost starts appearing at night, representing their fears surrounding the taboo relationship.
Its interesting how in every part of the world, there is some mythology created to discourage promiscuity. In the west, we have the threat of hell, but in the east, there are alternative threats: in shintoism, spirits, and in buddhism, the fear of being reborn as an animal with carnal desires. I think with sex being such a basic desire, the only way for society to repress it is to tap into our other most basic desire: survival.
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