Demon Pond (1979)
Yashagaike
123 min
When a lone traveller stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands.
- Release date
- October 20, 1979
- Country of origin
- Japan
Where to watch
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Trailer
Cast
- Tamasaburō Bandō as Yuri
- Gô Katô as Akira Hagiwara
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Gakuen Yamazawa
- Kōji Nanbara as Priest Shikami
- Yatsuko Tan'ami as Nurse
- Hisashi Igawa as The Carp
- Norihei Miki as Catfish Messenger
- Jūrō Kara as Denkichi
- Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Diet Member
- Fujio Tokita as The Crab
- Jun Hamamura as The Shadow / Yatabei, the Bellkeeper
- Kai Atô as The Bone
- Hatsuo Yamaya as The Villager Yoju
- Maki Takayama as Yoju's Wife
- Tōru Abe as Leader of the Village Assembly
- Dai Kanai as Village Headman
- Toshie Kobayashi as Village Woman
- Hitoshi Ōmae as Furosude Kotori
- Fudeko Tanaka as Old Woman
- Baiken Jukkanji
- Mansaku Fuwa
- Sônosuke Oda
- Tadayuki Okamoto
- Tamasaburō Bandō as Princess Shirayuki
Crew
- Masahiro Shinoda · Director
- Kyōka Izumi · Writer
- Tsutomu Tamura · Writer
- Haruhiko Mimura · Writer
- Isao Tomita · Composer
- Masao Kosugi · Cinematographer
- Noritaka Sakamoto · Cinematographer
- Zen Ikeda · Editor
- Sachiko Yamachi · Editor