The Mother Tree

July. 13,1958      
Rating:
6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Katsuko Wakasugi as  Kise Hishikawa

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