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The Snow Woman
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The Snow Woman 1968 Directed by Tokuzō Tanaka 怪談雪女郎

The tale of Yuki-onna.

A master sculptor and his apprentice are trapped in a bad snow storm after finding a special tree for carving a statue for the local temple. Finding refuge in an abandoned hut they celebrate their luck in finding the tree but soon they are visited by the Snow Witch who freezes the sculptor to death but takes pity on the apprentice. He must promise to never speak of this or she'll return and kill him.

Country Japan
Production Country Japan
Language Japanese
Spoken Language Japanese
Gneres Fantasy , Horror , Romance
Production Company Daiei Film
Release Date 20 April 1968
79 mins
Cast
Shiho Fujimura
Shiho Fujimura Yukionna
Akira Ishihama
Akira Ishihama Yosaku
Machiko Hasegawa
Machiko Hasegawa Okugata
Yoshirō Kitahara
Yoshirō Kitahara Seiju
Sachiko Murase
Sachiko Murase Soyo
Taketoshi Naitō
Taketoshi Naitō Minô
Mizuho Suzuki
Mizuho Suzuki Gyôkei
Fujio Suga
Fujio Suga Sôju
Masao Shimizu
Masao Shimizu Jiun
Jutarō Hojo
Jutarō Hojo Matsukawa
Tatsuo Hananuno
Tatsuo Hananuno Shigetomo
Izumi Hara
Izumi Hara Shrine Maiden
Tokio Oki
Tokio Oki
Jun Fujikawa
Jun Fujikawa
Shin'ya Saitô
Shin'ya Saitô Tarô
Eijirō Yamaoka
Eijirō Yamaoka
Hajime Koshikawa
Hajime Koshikawa
Yukio Horikita
Yukio Horikita
Kiyoshi Kasuga
Kiyoshi Kasuga
Ken'ichirô Imura
Ken'ichirô Imura
Crew
Director
Tokuzō Tanaka
Tokuzō Tanaka
Writer
Fuji Yahiro
Fuji Yahiro
Producers
Ikuo Kubodera
Ikuo Kubodera
Masaichi Nagata
Masaichi Nagata
Cinematography
Chikashi Makiura
Chikashi Makiura
Composer
Akira Ifukube
Akira Ifukube
Editor
Hiroshi Yamada
Hiroshi Yamada
Production Design
Akira Naitō
Akira Naitō
Original Writer
Lafcadio Hearn
Lafcadio Hearn
Art Direction
Akira Naitō
Akira Naitō