Monsters, Genre Hybrids, Movements & Traditions
The Temptress and the Monk
1957
Directed by Eisuke Takizawa
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A Buddhist monk becomes ensnared by a seductive woman who, according to legend, transforms her lovers into beasts.
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- Director
- Eisuke Takizawa
- Written by
- Toshio Yasumi
- Composer
- Yutaka Makino
- Cinematographer
- Minoru Yokoyama
- Editor
- Masanori Tsujii
- Studio
- Nikkatsu Corporation
- Origin country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB
- 8.0/10 (1 votes)
- IMDb
- 5.6/10 (23 votes)
Released August 14, 1957·白夜の妖女
Cast
Yumeji Tsukioka
The Temptress
Ryōji Hayama
Socho
Osamu Takizawa
Old Socho
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Akitake Kōno
Medicine seller
Kenjiro Uemura
Traveler
Jun Hamamura
The Criminal
Kō Nishimura
Peasant
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Seijiro Takano
Middle-aged monk
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Keishichi Nakahara
Young monk
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Takashi Sudo
Ikuko Kimuro
Mountain girl
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Tadashi Kobayashi
The Dwarf
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Ichijirō Oya
Grandfather
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