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鬼婆

“The most daring film import ever...From Japan!”

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.

Music

Hikaru Hayashi

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Screenplay

Kaneto Shindō

Status

Released

Release date

21/11/1964

Original language

Japanese