31 May, 2011

The Ghost Story of the Snow Witch (1968)

AKA:
Kaidan Yuki Jorou

Synopsis:
Based on old Japanese Folklore, Yuki Onna, the Snow Demoness and from well known Japanese ghost film anthology, "Kwaidan". 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 n 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. Back in town, the apprentice is promoted and given the task of making the statue. A mysterious beautiful woman arrives during a torrential rain storm and quickly falls in love with the apprentice. Soon she comes under the lustful eye of the evil Baliff who controls the town. And so it goes.
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