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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.

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Cast

Nobuko Otowa

Woman

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Young Woman

Kei Satō

Hachi

Jūkichi Uno

The Samurai

Taiji Tonoyama

Ushi

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Someshō Matsumoto

Runaway Warrior

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Kentarô Kaji

Runaway Warrior

Fudeko Tanaka

Old Woman

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Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Horse Riding Samurai

Hiroshi Tanaka

Horse Riding Samurai

Kanzō Uni

Horse Riding Samurai

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Hosui Araya

Ushi's Follower

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Michinori Yoshida

Samurai with Blood

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Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Horse Riding Samurai A

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Nobuko Shimakage

Child

Crew

Art

• Kaneto Shindō Art Direction

Camera

• Kiyomi Kuroda Director of Photography
• Toshihiko Sato Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Shigeo Kobayashi Makeup Department Head
• Kaneyasu Masuda Makeup Artist
• Yoshio Ueno Costume Supervisor

Crew

• Yoshio Kurihara Special Effects
• Tarō Okamoto Title Graphics
• Toshiharu Takazu Prop Maker

Directing

• Kaneto Shindō Director

Editing

• Mitsuyo Yosoda Editorial Production Assistant
• Toshio Enoki Editor

Production

• Toshio Miyagawa Production Supervisor
• Tamotsu Minato Producer
• Hisao Itoya Producer
• Setsuo Noto Producer
• Kazuo Kuwahara Associate Producer

Sound

• Hikaru Hayashi Original Music Composer
• Tetsuya Ohashi Sound Designer

Writing

• Kaneto Shindō Screenplay