Village of the Eight Tombs
1996·Japan·126 min.
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A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later. Despite the Asian setting, it has a sort of strong sense of the gothic that brings to mind the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne.
DirectorKon Ichikawa
MusicKensaku Tanikawa
CinematographyYukio Isohata
CastEtsushi Toyokawa·Yûko Asano·Yu Ji Chin Ye·Hisashi Igawa·Renji Ishibashi·Saburo Ishikura·Takeshi Katô·Ittoku Kishibe·Kyôko Kishida·Mai Kitajima·Akiji Kobayashi·Shigeru Kôyama·Hisako MandaShow all
Original titleYatsuhaka-mura (Village of the Eight Tombs)