The Mother Tree
48 mins
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.
Gorō Kadono
Director
Enchô San'yûtei
Novel
Torao Tanabe
Screenplay
Mitsugi Okura
Executive Producer
Hiroshi Suzuki
Director of Photography
Masaharu Koyama
Lighting Technician
Hisao Negishi
Sound Recordist
Yuzo Kaji
Art Direction
Hiroshi Ootori
Original Music Composer
Hiromichi Takebe
Assistant Director
Hidetoshi Kasama
Editor