Rent The Snow Woman (1968)
3.7 of 5 from 46 ratings
1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
Two woodcutters head into the mountains to fell an ancient tree. Caught in a snowstorm, they spend the night in a mountain lodge, where afemale spirit appears and takes the life of one of the men. She spares the other man's life on the condition that he never tell anyone what happened that night. The woodcutter (Akira Ishihama) goes on to marry the mysterious beauty Yuki (Shiho Fujimura) and together they have a child. But Yuki catches the eye of a lecherous lord, whose advances force her to reveal a dark secret. Period film specialist Tokuzo Tanaka, a former assistant to both Akira Kurosawa and Kenji Mizoguchi, creates a broodingly atmospheric tale in which the viewer fully empathises with the ghost. Featuring a score by original 'Godzilla' composer Akira Ifukube. - Actors:
- Shiho Fujimura, Akira Ishihama, Machiko Hasegawa, Taketoshi Naitô, Mizuho Suzuki, Fujio Suga, Yoshirô Kitahara, Sachiko Murase, Masao Shimizu, Sen Hara, Jutarô Kitashiro, Tatsuo Hananuno, Tokio Oki, Jun Fujikawa, Shin'ya Saitô, Eijirô Yamaoka, Hajime Koshikawa, Yukio Horikita, Kiyoshi Kasuga, Ken'ichirô Imura
- Directors:
- Tokuzô Tanaka
- Producers:
- Ikuo Kubodera, Masaichi Nagata
- Writers:
- Lafcadio Hearn, Fuji Yahiro
- Aka:
- Kaidan yukijorô / Snow Ghost / Ghost Story of the Snow Fairy
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror, Romance
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/10/2024
- Run Time:
- 80 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.39:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Appreciation by filmmaker Masayuki Ochiai (2024, 16 mins)
- The Haunted Mind of Lafcadio Hearn - A visual essay by Lafcadio Hearn scholar Paul Murray (2024, 7 mins)
- Trailer
