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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.

• Release date
• November 21, 1964
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Horror
• Director
• Kaneto Shindō

Cast

Nobuko Otowa Woman Jitsuko Yoshimura Young Woman Kei Satō Hachi Jūkichi Uno The Samurai Taiji Tonoyama Ushi

S

Someshō Matsumoto Runaway Warrior

K

Kentarô Kaji Runaway Warrior Fudeko Tanaka Old Woman