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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.
Screenplay
Kaneto Shindō
n/a
Release date
November 21, 1964
Top billed cast
Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō, Jūkichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama
Production companies
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Keywords
jealousy, samurai, desertion, hold-up robbery, bamboo hut, murder, survival, demon, sengoku period, 14th century, japanese horror
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