A supernatural revenge tragedy exploring grief, familial bonds, and the destructive nature of vengeance through ghostly retribution.
In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost.
Kaneto Shindō
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