DEMON POND (Yasha ga Ike)

1979 – Color - 123 min. –  DIGITAL ANAMORPHIC WIDESCREEN (16:9)

Starring: BANDO Tamasaburo

                KATO Go, YAMAZAKI Tsutomu

                KARA Juro, KANEDA Ryunosuke

                 ABE Toru, HAMAMURA Jun

                 MIKI Norihei

Music by: TOMITA Isao

Directed by: SHINODA Masahiro

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Filmmaker Shinoda Masahiro's lost masterpiece!

In a remote mountain village of Northern Japan, the inhabitants suffer from a severe drought while just above the village a river cascades freely. A young Tokyo scholar uncovers a local legend which holds that the river has as its source a haunted pond, wherein the Dragon God is sealed. Each day, a sacred bell is rung to prevent the Demon Pond from releasing its angry demons and washing away the town. According to the Japan Society, this is the most lavish production in Japanese film history, with famed Kabuki ”Onnagata” (female impersonator) Bando Tamasaburo in dual female roles as a beautiful woman and the embodiment of the Dragon God!