While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
Cast
Nobuko Otowa
Woman
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Young Woman
Kei Satō
Hachi
Jūkichi Uno
The Samurai
Taiji Tonoyama
Ushi
Someshō Matsumoto
Runaway Warrior
Kentarô Kaji
Runaway Warrior
Fudeko Tanaka
Old Woman
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horse Riding Samurai, Horse Riding Samurai A
Hiroshi Tanaka
Horse Riding Samurai
Kanzō Uni
Horse Riding Samurai
Hosui Araya
Ushi's Follower
Michinori Yoshida
Samurai with Blood
Nobuko Shimakage
Child
Crew
Kaneto Shindo
Director, Screenplay, Art Direction
Toshio Enoki
Editor
Kiyomi Kuroda
Director of Photography
Toshio Miyagawa
Production Supervisor
Tamotsu Minato
Producer
Hisao Itoya
Producer
Setsuo Noto
Producer
Kazuo Kuwahara
Associate Producer
Mitsuyo Yosoda
Editorial Production Assistant
Toshihiko Sato
Camera Operator
Yoshio Ueno
Costume Supervisor
Shigeo Kobayashi
Makeup Department Head
Kaneyasu Masuda
Makeup Artist
Tetsuya Ohashi
Sound Designer
Yoshio Kurihara
Special Effects
Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Toshiharu Takazu
Prop Maker
Tarō Okamoto
Title Graphics
