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Rating: 7.5 stars

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The Snow Woman (1968)

Directed by Tokuzô Tanaka

Horror | Supernatural | Romance

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Overview

A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited by the Snow Witch who freezes the sculptor to death but takes pity on the apprentice. He must promise to never speak of this or she’ll return and kill him.

Length 79 minutes

Actors

Shiho Fujimura | Akira Ishihama | Machiko Hasegawa | Yoshirô Kitahara | Sachiko Murase | Taketoshi Naitô | Mizuho Suzuki | Fujio Suga | Masao Shimizu | Jutarô Hojo | Tatsuo Hananuno | Sen Hara | Tokio Oki | Jun Fujikawa | Shin'ya Saitô | Eijirô Yamaoka | Hajime Koshikawa | Yukio Horikita | Kiyoshi Kasuga | Ken'ichirô Imura

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

A feature-length adaptation of the same story that was in KWAIDAN, which is why it feels familiar but different.

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