Slaughter in the Snow

Slaughter in the Snow

Mushukunin mikogami no jôkichi: Tasogare ni senko ga tonda
🎞️ Movie 83 min JP
โ˜… 6.8 /10 1973

In feudal Japan, women are vulnerable, in need of protection, and capable of deception. Jokichi of Mikogami, a drifter, has not yet fully revenged the death of his wife and son. He searches for Kunisada Chuji, who in turn has hired the knife-throwing Windmill Kobunji to kill him. Kobunji and Jokichi meet in the winter, near Sasago Pass, when both have rescued women: Jokichi has saved the lute-playing Oyae whose clan and whose lover want her dead; Kobunji has rescued Oharu, a well-born woman married to an innkeeper. Is this rescue a whim or something deeper? And why does Jokichi become the consumptive Kobunji's protector? What ultimately will Jokichi do about Oyae?

Cast

Yoshio Harada
Yoshio Harada
Jokichi of Mikogami
Isao Natsuyagi
Isao Natsuyagi
Windmill Kobunji
Michiyo Yasuda
Michiyo Yasuda
Oyae
Setsuko Ogawa
Setsuko Ogawa
Oharu
Mizuho Suzuki
Mizuho Suzuki
Shitahatsu of Karakura
Hiroshi Tanaka
Hiroshi Tanaka
Ronin
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Takamori Gen
Sahei
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Renji Ishibashi
Tasuke
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Hachirô Misumi
Kosuke
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Akiyoshi Kitaura
Genzaburou Muramatsu
Takeo Watanabe
Takeo Watanabe
Composer
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Kōzō Okazaki
Cinematographer