Kawazu Seizaburō, Kagawa Yukie, Kuwahara Sachiko, Tanba Tetsurō. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1968. A foreign film (Japan). Special features include audio commentary by Japanese film scholar Jonathan M. Hall; theatrical trailer; Nobuo Nakagawa poster gallery and biography.
Summary:
"In feudal Japan, killing a snake is bad luck, and ancient legends foretell a terrible curse that will befall anyone who brings harm to even a single serpent. When Chobei Onuma, the wealthy landlord of a rural village, causes the death of a poor farmer living on his land, and then enslaves the man's wife and beautiful daughter, he receives such a curse from the dead man's spirit. Madness and death await the Onuma family, proving that wealth and comfort are no protection from vengeful spirits bent on satisfying a death-grudge."--Container.
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