The Legend of Sayo

Overview

Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous for the legend of dead white horse. When her fiancé returns from war and visits her he comes across a white horse which he takes in. The man also does not see himself engaged anymore as his family has lost its wealth.

Directed by Tetsutaro Murano

Top cast

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Yoko Hara

Sayo

Daisuke Ryū

Takeo

Kyōko Enami

Shrine maiden

Shiho Fujimura

Masako (Sayo's mother)

Yūsuke Takita

Tokutaro (Sayo's father)

Koji Yakusho

Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Otozo

S

Satoshi Sadanaga

Kenji

Yūko Katagiri

Toki

Y

Yuko Oka

Shino

Toru Minegishi

Yoshio (Takeo's older brother)

Atsuko Kawaguchi

Shizuka (Takeo's mother)

Hisashi Igawa

Kikuzo

Yoshio Inaba

Ichitaro

Kimihiro Reizei

Tomekichi

Yūzō Hayakawa

Seitaro

J

Jun Hongo

Shintaro

K

Kisao Tobita

Kyuzo

M

Mariko Saito

Hatsuko

Ryōji Hayama

Kahei

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