Underplayed Gems

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

The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch poster
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
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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)

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