Overview
In the northern province, two waitresses Mieko and Hanako from Tokyo, are missing somewhere near the River Kitakami. At night, the villagers of Shirayama gather round a blazing fire, and utter incantations while an old headman tempers a sword...
Cast
Bunta Sugawara
Masayuki Abe
Namiji Namiura
Azami
Yōko Mihara
Mieko Suzuki
Yōichi Numata
Muneharu Yugebe
Den Kunikata
Goromaru
Kyôko Yashiro
Kanako Oikawa
Torahiko Nakamura
Chudayu Oikawa
Arata Shibata
Mogusa headman
Rei Ishikawa
Hamada, a detective
Shinji Suzuki
Fujikura
Katsuya Uda
Heisaku
Satoshi Komori
Genzo
Fujie Satsuki
Old woman
Yuko Mandai
Oikawa's wife
Sakutarō Yamakawa
Narasaki, the patrolman (uncredited)