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The Mother Tree
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The Mother Tree

Jul 13, 1958
0h 48m
★ 4.3

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Shintoho Company

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Cast

Katsuko Wakasugi

Kise Hishikawa

Katsuko Wakasugi

Akira Nakamura

Shigenobu Hishikawa

Akira Nakamura

Asao Matsumoto

Namihei Isogai

Asao Matsumoto

Hiroshi Ayukawa

Takeroku

Hiroshi Ayukawa

Keiko Hasegawa

Keiko Hasegawa

Sōzaburō Kikuchi

Sōzaburō Kikuchi

Akiko Yamashita

Akiko Yamashita

Hiroshi Hayashi

Hiroshi Hayashi

Kyōji Kokonoe

Kyōji Kokonoe

Baku Mizuhara

Baku Mizuhara

Kaoru Katsumata

Kaoru Katsumata

Sakutarō Yamakawa

Sakutarō Yamakawa