The Snow Woman
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Japanese | 怪談雪女郎 |
Hepburn | Kaidan Yukijorō |
Directed by | Tokuzō Tanaka |
Screenplay by | Fuji Yahiro |
Based on | Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn |
Produced by | Ikuo Kubodera |
Starring | Shiho Fujimura Akira Ishihama Machiko Hasegawa |
Cinematography | Chikashi Makiura |
Edited by | Hiroshi Yamada |
Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Daiei |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
The Snow Woman (Japanese: 怪談雪女郎, Hepburn: Kaidan Yukijorō, lit. 'Ghost Story of the Snow Woman') is a 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka and produced by Daiei Film.[1][2][3] The film is an expanded adaptation of the Yuki-onna short story as it appeared in the 1904 collection Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things by Lafcadio Hearn.
Plot
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In the midst of a snow storm, an evil witch changes the lives of a master sculptor and his apprentice forever.[4]
Cast
- Shiho Fujimura as Yuki[4]
- Machiko Hasegawa as Wife[4]
- Akira Ishihama as Yosaku[4]
- Taketoshi Naitō as Mino Gonmori[4]
- Yoshiro Kitahara as Jōjin[4]
- Sachiko Murase as Soyo[4]
- Suga Fujio as Soju[4]
- Mizuho Suzuki as Gyokei[4]
- Masao Shimizu as Jiun[4]
- Shinya Saitō as Taro[4]
- Jutaro Hojo as Matsukawa[4]
- Tatsuo Hananuno as Shigeruasa[4]
- Hara Izumi as Miko[4]
- Tokio Oki as Doctor A[4]
- Jun Fujikawa as Doctor B[4]
- Yukio Horikita as Guard[4]
- Ichi Koshikawa as Man of the Agency[4]
Release
The Snow Woman was released in Japan on April 20, 1968.[4] It was released in the United States as Snow Ghost by Daiei International Films with English subtitles in 1969.[3] The film was released on VHS by Daiei Home Video on July 8, 1994[5] and on DVD on July 25, 2014 by Kadokawa Shoten.[6]
References
- ^ キネマ旬報1968年5月上旬号. Kinema Junpō. 1968. p. -77-78.
- ^ "怪談雪女郎" (in Japanese). The TV. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
- ^ a b Galbraith IV 1996, p. 362.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "怪談雪女郎 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "怪談雪女郎 (1968) director: Tokuzô Tanaka | VHS | DAIEI VIDEO (japan)". www.videospace.fi. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
- ^ "邦画 怪談雪女郎[DABA-90971][DVD] 価格比較". 価格.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-14.
Sources
- Galbraith IV, Stuart (1996). The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0032-3.
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