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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 91% of the 138 1960s horror movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
499 audience votes
Key crew
- Kaneto ShindōDirector
- Hikaru HayashiOriginal Music Composer
- Kaneto ShindōScreenplay
Cast
- Nobuko OtowaWoman
- Jitsuko YoshimuraYoung Woman
- Kei SatōHachi
- Jūkichi UnoThe Samurai
- Taiji TonoyamaUshi
- Someshō MatsumotoRunaway Warrior
- Kentarô KajiRunaway Warrior
- Fudeko TanakaOld Woman
- Hiroyoshi YamaguchiHorse Riding Samurai
- Hiroshi TanakaHorse Riding Samurai
- Kanzō UniHorse Riding Samurai
- Hosui ArayaUshi's Follower
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