The Mother Tree (1958)
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.
Director:
Gorō Kadono
Writer:
Torao Tanabe
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Katsuko Wakasugi as Kise Hishikawa |
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Akira Nakamura as Shigenobu Hishikawa |
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Asao Matsumoto as Namihei Isogai |
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Hiroshi Ayukawa as Takeroku |
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Keiko Hasegawa as |
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Sōzaburō Kikuchi as |
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Akiko Yamashita as |
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Hiroshi Hayashi as |
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Kyōji Kokonoe as |
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Baku Mizuhara as |
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Kaoru Katsumata as |
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Sakutarō Yamakawa as |
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Mayumi Sugata as |
| Directing | Gorō Kadono | Director |
| Writing | Enchô San'yûtei | Novel |
| Writing | Torao Tanabe | Screenplay |
| Production | Mitsugi Okura | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Hiroshi Suzuki | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Masaharu Koyama | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Hisao Negishi | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Yuzo Kaji | Art Direction |
| Sound | Hiroshi Ootori | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Hiromichi Takebe | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Hidetoshi Kasama | Editor |
