Movielogr
The Mother Tree (1958)
Directed by Gorô Kadono
Overview
A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter’s wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter’s ghost seeks revenge on the samurai, and saves his wife and newborn child.
Length 48 minutes
Actors
Katsuko Wakasugi | Akira Nakamura | Asao Matsumoto | Hiroshi Ayukawa | Keiko Hasegawa | Sôzaburô Kikuchi | Akiko Yamashita | Hiroshi Hayashi | Kyôji Kokonoe | Baku Mizuhara | Kaoru Katsumata | Sakutarō Yamakawa | Mayumi Sugata