The Mother Tree
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.
Cast
Katsuko Wakasugi
Kise Hishikawa
Akira Nakamura
Shigenobu Hishikawa
Asao Matsumoto
Namihei Isogai
Hiroshi Ayukawa
Takeroku
Keiko Hasegawa
Sōzaburō Kikuchi
Akiko Yamashita
Hiroshi Hayashi
Kyōji Kokonoe
Baku Mizuhara
Kaoru Katsumata
Sakutarō Yamakawa
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