The Mother Tree

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.

Director: Gorō Kadono

Cast: Katsuko Wakasugi, Akira Nakamura, Asao Matsumoto, Hiroshi Ayukawa, Keiko Hasegawa, Sōzaburō Kikuchi, Akiko Yamashita, Hiroshi Hayashi

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