Slaughter in the Snow

Slaughter in the Snow — Plot

In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?

• Release date
• June 8, 1973
• Runtime
• 83 min
• Genres
• Action
• Director
• Kazuo Ikehiro

Slaughter in the Snow — Cast

Yoshio Harada Jokichi of Mikogami

H

Hajime Araki Kai Ato

G

Gen Takamori

T

Toshio Hosoi Renji Ishibashi

K

Kusuo Kita

A

Akiyoshi Kitaura