The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (1968)

Original title

蛇娘と白髪魔

Directed by

Noriaki Yuasa

Genre

horror film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl named Sayuri returns to live with her family after years in an orphanage. She finds her mother has lost her memory, her sister is locked in the attic, and her father is doing experiments with poisonous snakes.

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What happens

The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch (蛇娘と白髪魔, Hebimusume to Hakuhatsuma) is a 1968 Japanese horror film directed by Noriaki Yuasa. The film is about a young girl named Sayuri who is reunited with her estranged family after years in an orphanage, but discovers that her homelife involves an amnesiac mother, her sister is confined to the attic, and begins to wonder if this is related to her father's experiments with poisonous snakes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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