Underplayed Gems

Snake Woman'S Curse (1968)

Snake Woman'S Curse poster
Original title
怪談 蛇女
Directed by
Nobuo Nakagawa
Genre
horror
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 25m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In a 19th century Japanese village, a cruel landlord exploits and kills a family of tenant farmers for debt. The farmers' ghosts then haunt the landlord's family, driving them to madness and ruin.

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What happens

『怪談 蛇女』(かいだんへびおんな)は、1968年(昭和43年)7月12日公開の日本映画。賀川雪絵主演、中川信夫監督。東映(東映東京撮影所)製作、東映配給。上映時間は85分。 1966年にフリーになった中川が東映東京撮影所に招かれて撮った怪談映画で、中川は以降、東映で『妖艶毒婦伝 お勝兇状旅』『妖艶毒婦伝 人斬りお勝』の二本を監督して映画界から離れた。 明治初期の日本海に面した北陸大沼部落を舞台に、借金をカタに強欲な大地主に搾取され、次々死んでいく小作人一家と、その亡霊に憑りつかれ、狂気のうちに破滅してゆく地主一家を古来の蛇伝説と融合させて描く。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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