The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
240 audience votes
Key crew
- Kaneto ShindōDirector
- Hikaru HayashiOriginal Music Composer
- Kaneto ShindōScreenplay
Cast
- Kichiemon Nakamura IIGintoki
- Nobuko OtowaYone
- Kiwako TaichiShige
- Kei SatōRaiko
- Taiji TonoyamaFarmer
- Rokkō TouraSamurai
- Hideo KanzeMikado
- Eimei EsumiSubordinate
- Shōji ŌkiSubordinate
- Kentarô KajiSubordinate
- Joji TakiSubordinate
- Chiyo OkadaNehiko