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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.
Keywords
japan
samurai
jealousy
desertion
hold-up robbery
bamboo hut
survival
murder
black and white
demon
criterion
jidaigeki
sengoku period
14th century
Casts

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
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
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horse Riding Samurai A
Nobuko Shimakage
Child
Crews

Kaneto Shindō
Director
Tamotsu Minato
Producer

Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Toshio Enoki
Editor

Kaneto Shindō
Art Direction
Shigeo Kobayashi
Makeup Department Head
Kaneyasu Masuda
Makeup Artist
Toshio Miyagawa
Production Supervisor
Toshiharu Takazu
Prop Maker
Yoshio Kurihara
Special Effects
Yoshio Ueno
Costume Supervisor
Mitsuyo Yosoda
Editorial Production Assistant

Tarō Okamoto
Title Graphics
Kiyomi Kuroda
Director of Photography
Hisao Itoya
Producer
Kazuo Kuwahara
Associate Producer
Setsuo Noto
Producer
Tetsuya Ohashi
Sound Designer

Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
Toshihiko Sato
Camera Operator
Backdrops & Posters

































