The Legend of Sayo (1982)
Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous for the legend of dead white horse. When her fiancé returns from war and visits her he comes across a white horse which he takes in. The man also does not see himself engaged anymore as his family has lost its wealth.
Director:
Tetsutaro Murano
Writer:
Yukiko Takayama
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Yoko Hara as Sayo |
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Daisuke Ryū as Takeo |
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Kyōko Enami as Shrine maiden |
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Shiho Fujimura as Masako (Sayo's mother) |
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Yūsuke Takita as Tokutaro (Sayo's father) |
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Koji Yakusho as Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother) |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Otozo |
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Satoshi Sadanaga as Kenji |
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Yūko Katagiri as Toki |
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Yuko Oka as Shino |
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Toru Minegishi as Yoshio (Takeo's older brother) |
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Atsuko Kawaguchi as Shizuka (Takeo's mother) |
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Hisashi Igawa as Kikuzo |
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Yoshio Inaba as Ichitaro |
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Kimihiro Reizei as Tomekichi |
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Yūzō Hayakawa as Seitaro |
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Jun Hongo as Shintaro |
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Kisao Tobita as Kyuzo |
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Mariko Saito as Hatsuko |
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Ryōji Hayama as Kahei |
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Kin Sugai as Old woman picking up stones |
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Teruko Nagaoka as Old woman telling stories |
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Tanie Kitabayashi as |
| Directing | Tetsutaro Murano | Director |
| Writing | Kunio Yanagida | Novel |
| Writing | Yukiko Takayama | Screenplay |
| Camera | Yasuhiro Yoshioka | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Kazuo Yamada | Lighting Manager |
| Editing | Michio Suwa | Editor |
| Art | Shigeo Mano | Art Direction |