8.6 Score

1964 • 1h 45min • Not Rated • Horror

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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.

IMDb 7.8

RT 90%

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Composer

Hikaru Hayashi

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Nobuko Otowa

Woman

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Young Woman

Kei Satō

Hachi

Jūkichi Uno

The Samurai

Taiji Tonoyama

Ushi

Someshō Matsumoto

Runaway Warrior

Kentarô Kaji

Runaway Warrior

Fudeko Tanaka

Old Woman

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Nobuko Otowa Woman

Jitsuko Yoshimura Young Woman

Kei Satō Hachi

Jūkichi Uno The Samurai

Taiji Tonoyama Ushi

Someshō Matsumoto Runaway Warrior

Kentarô Kaji Runaway Warrior

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Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi Horse Riding Samurai

Hiroshi Tanaka Horse Riding Samurai

Kanzō Uni Horse Riding Samurai

Hosui Araya Ushi's Follower

Michinori Yoshida Samurai with Blood

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