The Snow Woman (1968) is a Japanese Gothic horror based on the Yuki-onna legend, where a beautiful but deadly snow spirit haunts a woodcutters family. Mixing folk horror, ghostly romance, and atmospheric period drama, the film captures the eerie chill of Japanese kaidan storytelling and remains a classic of Japanese supernatural cinema.

Two woodcutters head into the mountains to fell an ancient tree. Caught in a snowstorm, they spend the night in a mountain lodge, where a female spirit appears and takes the life of one of the men. She spares the other mans life on the condition that he never tell anyone what happened that night. The woodcutter (Akira Ishihama, Harakiri) goes on to marry the mysterious beauty Yuki (Shiho Fujimura, Shinobi) 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.

Från IMDB:
The lives of a master sculptor and his young apprentice are changed forever when they meet an evil witch during a snow storm.

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Filminfo:

Version: : Blu-Ray (import)

Språk : Japanese

EAN : 5060974681433

Label : Daiei Films

Distributor : Radiance Films

Inspelningsår : 1968

Regissör : Tokuzô Tanaka

imdb-rating : 7.3

Längd : 1h 20m

Cast : Shiho Fujimura, Akira Ishihama, Machiko Hasegawa