Slaughter in the Snow

In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?

• Kazuo IkehiroDirector
• Kazuo IkehiroWriter
• Hideichi NagaharaScreenplay

• Yoshio HaradaJokichi of Mikogami
• Hajime ArakiCast
• Kai AtoCast
• Gen TakamoriCast
• Toshio HosoiCast
• Renji IshibashiCast
• Kusuo KitaCast
• Akiyoshi KitauraCast
• Hachiro MisumiCast
• Hirasawa NabuoCast
• Isao NatsuyagiCast
• Setsuko OgawaCast