The Mother Tree

The Mother Tree

The Mother Tree

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The Mother Tree

1958

0h 48m

4.3(6 votes)

Horror

Overview

A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge on the samurai, and saves his wife and newborn child.

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Shintoho Company

Cast & Crew

13 members

Acting

若杉嘉津子

Kise Hishikawa

若杉嘉津子

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中村彰

Shigenobu Hishikawa

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松本朝生

Namihei Isogai

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鮎川浩

Takeroku

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Keiko Hasegawa

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菊地双三郎

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山下晶子

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林寛

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九重京司

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Baku Mizuhara

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Kaoru Katsumata

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Sakutarō Yamakawa

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Mayumi Sugata

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