After being forcefully inducted as a soldier into war in 14th century Japan, his wife and mother remain living in a swamp. They eke out their living by ambushing worn-out warriors, killing them and selling their belongings to a greedy merchant. The woman comes to mistrust her daughter-in-law who has coupled up with a deserter, and begins to wear a facial mask she has taken from a slain samurai. In this disguise she is at first taken for a demon by her daughter.
Kaneto Shindô
Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satô, Jûkichi Uno
21 Nov 1964 (Japan)
2 wins.tt0058430 , Women, Jealousy, Samurai, Deserter, Hold-up Robbery, War, Schilf, Bamboo Hut, Murder, Survival, Demon