Echo in the Mountains
1959 · Movie · 93 min. · Japan
An enclave of Heike descendants has lived on a mountain in isolation for centuries and is reputed to abduct young women from surrounding communities for human sacrifice, but their real objective is to bring in new wives to expand their inbred gene pool. Their latest victim, a beauty named Oshina, turns out to be the refugee daughter of a noble family. Her father was killed by a powerful and evil lord who tried to take their family heirloom, a shamisen called Yamabiko. The Heike prince Kogenta instantly falls in love with Oshina and decides to marry her and avenge her father.
Direction Masahiro Makino
Cast Sumiko Hidaka · Yûnosuke Itô · Kunio Kaga · Eijirô Kataoka · Satomi Oka · Keiko Okawa · Kenji Susukida · Haruo Tanaka · Jun Tazaki · Jotaro Togami · Eijirô Yanagi · Hashizo Okawa
Soundtrack Seiichi Suzuki
Screenplay Michihei Muramatsu · Yoshitake Hisa · Eiji Yoshikawa
Cinematography Sadaji Yoshida
Original title Koi yamabiko
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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