Sleepy Eyes of Death: In the Spider's Lair
The titular "tarantula" is a murderous woman who, along with the brother who is in love with her, kill without warrant because they are wealthy & above the law. Kyoshiro the homeless masterless wandering samurai has nothing to lose, & no scruples anyway, so can reproach even the powerful with ease. He is thus, for all that he has broad streaks of villainy all his own, a champion of the people by default.
Yokai Monsters: 100 Monsters
A greedy developer, in league with a corrupt Shrine Magistrate, brutally tries to drive people out of a tenement building and destroy the shrine in back. But he makes the fatal mistake of hosting a 100 Ghost Stories ceremony without the closing cleansing ritual, opening the door for the Yokai Monsters to punish the wicked.
Sansho the Bailiff
In medieval Japan, a woman and her children journey to find the family's patriarch, who was exiled years earlier.
Love Under the Crucifix
LOVE UNDER THE CRUCIFIX centers on the forbidden romance between Ogin (Ineko Arima), daughter of a famous tea master, and Ukon (Tatsuya Nakadai), a married samurai. The shogunate’s prohibition of Ukon’s Christian faith forces the lovers to fight against the prejudices of an oppressive society while persisting in their mutual devotion.
A Story from Chikamatsu
When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.
The Invisible Man Appears
A scientist successfully creates an invisibility serum, only to be kidnapped by a gang of thugs who wish to use the formula to rob a priceless jewel.
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Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director
Yûsuke Kawazu
as
Domon Ietake
Mako Midori
as
Murasaki
Raizô Ichikawa
as
Nemuri Kyoshiro
Shinobu Araki
as
Old farmer
Ryûtarô Gomi
as
Hotta-Buzennokami
Takashi Kanda
as
Reimon Tajimaya
Sei Hiraizumi
as
Takichi
Masahiko Tsugawa
as
Young Zushio
Ichirô Sugai
as
Gembei
Eitarô Shindô
as
Ishun
Kôichi Katsuragi
as
Priest
Shôsaku Sugiyama
as
Ichirô Kawabe
Ryûnosuke Tsukigata
as
Kenzô Nakazato
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