The Mother Tree

Overview

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.

Directed by Gorō Kadono

Top cast

Katsuko Wakasugi

Kise Hishikawa

A

Akira Nakamura

Shigenobu Hishikawa

A

Asao Matsumoto

Namihei Isogai

H

Hiroshi Ayukawa

Takeroku

K

Keiko Hasegawa

S

Sōzaburō Kikuchi

A

Akiko Yamashita

Hiroshi Hayashi

K

Kyōji Kokonoe

B

Baku Mizuhara

K

Kaoru Katsumata

S

Sakutarō Yamakawa

M

Mayumi Sugata

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