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# The most daring film import ever ... from Japan!
Horror
📜 Overview: While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
🌏 Languages Available: Japanese
📆 Date Released: 1964-11-21
⌚ Running Time: 105 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 7.7

Beloved Cast

Nobuko Otowa original image
Woman
Nobuko Otowa
Jitsuko Yoshimura original image
Young Woman
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Kei Satō original image
Hachi
Kei Satō
Jūkichi Uno original image
The Samurai
Jūkichi Uno
Taiji Tonoyama original image
Ushi
Taiji Tonoyama
Someshō Matsumoto original image
Runaway Warrior
Someshō Matsumoto
Kentarô Kaji original image
Runaway Warrior
Kentarô Kaji
Fudeko Tanaka original image
Old Woman
Fudeko Tanaka
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi original image
Horse Riding Samurai
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Hiroshi Tanaka original image
Horse Riding Samurai
Hiroshi Tanaka
Kanzō Uni original image
Horse Riding Samurai
Kanzō Uni
Hosui Araya original image
Ushi's Follower
Hosui Araya
Michinori Yoshida original image
Samurai with Blood
Michinori Yoshida
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi original image
Horse Riding Samurai A
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Nobuko Shimakage original image
Child
Nobuko Shimakage

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