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Year: 1964
Director: Kaneto Shindô

Cast:

Nobuko Otowa (Kichi's Mother), Jitsuko Yoshimura (Kichi's Wife), Kei Satô (Hachi), Jûkichi Uno (Samurai General), Taiji Tonoyama (Ushi), Senshô Matsumoto (Runaway Warrior A), Kentaro Kaji (Runaway Warrior B (as Kentarô Kaji)), Hosui Araya (Ushi's Follower), Fudeko Tanaka (Old Woman), Michinori Yoshida (Samurai with Blood), Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi (Horse Riding Samurai A), Hiroshi Tanaka (Horse Riding Samurai B), Kanzô Uni (Horse Riding Samurai C), Nobuko Shimakage (Child), Kaneto Shindô ()

Storyline:

After being forcefully inducted as a soldier into war in 14th century Japan, his wife and mother remain living in a swamp. They eke out their living by ambushing worn-out warriors, killing them and selling their belongings to a greedy merchant. The woman comes to mistrust her daughter-in-law who has coupled up with a deserter, and begins to wear a facial mask she has taken from a slain samurai. Soon the mask will not come off again. In this disguise she is at first taken for a demon by her daughter. Written by Michael Jurich <jurich@rummelplatz.uni-mannheim.de>

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