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Summary:

Two woodcutters head into the mountains to fell an ancient tree. Caught in a snowstorm, they spend the night in a mountain lodge, where a female spirit appears and takes the life of one of the men. She spares the other man's life on the condition that he never tell anyone what happened that night. The woodcutter (Akira Ishihama) goes on to marry the mysterious beauty Yuki (Shiho Fujimura) and together they have a child. But Yuki catches the eye of a lecherous lord, whose advances force her to reveal a dark secret.

Contributors:

Tanaka, Tokuzō, 1920-2007 , film director

Kubodera, Ikuro , film producer

Yahiro, Fuji, 1904-1986 , screenwriter

Fujimura, Shiho, 1939- , actor

Ishihama, Akira, 1935-2022 , actor

Hasegawa, Machiko, 1933- , actor

Naitō, Taketoshi , actor

Suga, Fujio, 1919-1998 , actor

Shimizu, Masao, 1908-1975 , actor

Ifukube, Akira, 1914-2006 , composer

Makiura, Chishi , director of photography

Yamada, Hiroshi (Film editor) , editor of moving image work

Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904

Daiei Kabushiki Kaisha (1945-1971) , production company

Kadokawa Pictures, Inc. , production company

Radiance Films Ltd. , publisher

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

Dialogue in Japanese.

Main Work:

The Snow Woman

Related Works:

Motion picture adaptation of: Yuki-onna [by Hearn, L.]

Alternate Titles:

Title translation: Snow woman
English title on container and disc label: The: Snow woman

Subjects:

Spirits — Drama

Oaths — Drama

Folklore — Japan — Drama

Genres:

Motion pictures

Horror films

Feature films

Fiction films

System Details:

Blu-ray; region A, B; Dolby Audio, PCM mono.

Performers:

Cast: Shiho Fujimura, Akira Ishihama, Machiko Hasegawa, Taketoshi Naito, Fujio Suga, Masao Shimizu.

Production Credits:

Music by Akira Ifukube; cinematography by Chikashi Makiura; edited by Hiroshi Yamada.

General Notes:

Description based on: Title and credits from screen.
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
Based on the short story Yuki-onna by Lafcadio Hearn.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1968.
Wide screen (2.39:1).
4K restoration by Kadokawa Corporation.
Special features include: appreciation by filmmaker Masayuki Ochiai (2024, 16 mins); the haunted mind of Lafcadio Hearn, a visual essay by Lafcadio Hearn scholar Paul Murray (2024, 7 mins); trailer.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; Dolby Audio; PCM

Film Characteristics:

2.39:1; wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A; region B

Call Numbers:

SNO 1968 BLU

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Radiance: 75 (container)
Publisher Number, Radiance: RAD075BDLE-US (container)
Publisher Number, Radiance: RAD075BD-US (disc)

OCLC Numbers:

1464351125