Slaughter in the Snow (1973)
In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?
Director:
Kazuo Ikehiro
Writer:
Hideichi Nagahara
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Yoshio Harada as Jokichi of Mikogami |
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Hajime Araki as |
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Kai Ato as |
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Gen Takamori as |
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Toshio Hosoi as |
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Renji Ishibashi as |
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Kusuo Kita as |
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Akiyoshi Kitaura as |
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Hachiro Misumi as |
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Hirasawa Nabuo as |
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Isao Natsuyagi as |
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Setsuko Ogawa as |
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Michiyo Yasuda as |
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Tamotsu Tamura as |
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Kôji Tsutsui as |
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Iwaki Yoshijiro as |
| Directing | Kazuo Ikehiro | Director |
| Writing | Kazuo Ikehiro | Writer |
| Production | Kikumaru Okuda | Producer |
| Lighting | Yosuke Sakakibara | Lighting Director |
| Camera | Kōzō Okazaki | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Hideichi Nagahara | Screenplay |
| Art | Motoji Kojima | Art Direction |