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The Mother Tree

The Mother Tree

★ 4.9/10•1958•48m•Horror

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.

Torao Tanabe · Screenplay

Gorō Kadono · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime48m
LanguageJA
Release DateJul 13, 1958

Actors

Katsuko Wakasugi

Katsuko Wakasugi

Kise Hishikawa

Akira Nakamura

Shigenobu Hishikawa

Asao Matsumoto

Namihei Isogai

Hiroshi Ayukawa

Takeroku

Keiko Hasegawa

Sōzaburō Kikuchi

Akiko Yamashita

Hiroshi Hayashi

Hiroshi Hayashi

Kyōji Kokonoe

Baku Mizuhara

Kaoru Katsumata

Sakutarō Yamakawa

Mayumi Sugata

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