Demon Pond (1979)
When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands.
Director:
Masahiro Shinoda
Writers:
Tsutomu Tamura, Haruhiko Mimura.
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Tamasaburō Bandō V as Yuri / Princess Shirayuki |
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Gō Katō as Akira Hagiwara |
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Tsutomu Yamazaki as Gaukuen Yamazaki |
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Kōji Nanbara as Priest Shikami |
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Yatsuko Tan'ami as Nurse |
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Hisashi Igawa as The Carp |
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Norihei Miki as Catfish Messenger |
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Juro Kara as Denkichi |
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Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Diet Member |
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Fujio Tokita as The Crab |
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Jun Hamamura as The Shadow / Yatabei, the Bellkeeper |
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Megumi Ishii as The Camellia |
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Tadashi Furuta as The Mackerel |
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Kazuo Sato as Tiger Priest |
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Kai Ato as The Bone |
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Hatsuo Yamaya as The Villager Yoju |
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Maki Takayama as Yoju's Wife |
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Yuni Nishigami as Yoju's Daughter |
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Tōru Abe as Leader of the Village Assembly |
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Shigeru Yazaki as Village Teacher |
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Dai Kanai as Village Headman |
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Toshie Kobayashi as Village Woman |
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Hitoshi Ōmae as Furosude Kotori |
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Fudeko Tanaka as Old Woman |
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Yumi Seigan as Yoju's Daughter |
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Baiken Jukkanji as |
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Mansaku Fuwa as |
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Moriwaka Bandô as |
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Sōnosuke Oda as |
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Tadayuki Okamoto as |
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Shuichi Oki as |
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Yasuo Shinohara as |
| Directing | Masahiro Shinoda | Director |
| Writing | Izumi Kyōka | Theatre Play |
| Writing | Tsutomu Tamura | Screenplay |
| Writing | Haruhiko Mimura | Screenplay |
| Production | Shigemi Sugisaki | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sachio Tomizawa | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kanji Nakagawa | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Masao Kosugi | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Noritaka Sakamoto | Director of Photography |
| Art | Kiyoshi Awazu | Art Direction |
| Art | Setsu Asakura | Art Direction |
| Art | Yutaka Yokoyama | Art Direction |
| Sound | Isao Tomita | Music Director |
| Sound | Tokio Hiramatsu | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hideo Nishizaki | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Akira Honma | Sound Effects |
| Editing | Zen Ikeda | Editor |
| Editing | Sachiko Yamaji | Editor |
| Writing | Izumi Kyōka | Story |
| Production | Seikichi Iizumi | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Isao Tomita | Music |
| Directing | Isao Kumagai | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Noritaka Sakamoto | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Akira Honma | Sound Effects Editor |
| Crew | Nobuo Yajima | Special Effects |
| Lighting | Hiroshi Iijima | Gaffer |
| Crew | Rui Takemura | Choreographer |