The Snow Woman Explained

The Snow Woman
Native Name:	Kanji: 怪談雪女郎 Revhep: Kaidan Yukijorō
Director:	Tokuzō Tanaka
Screenplay:	Fuji Yahiro
Based On:	by Lafcadio Hearn
Producer:	Ikuo Kubodera
Starring:	Shiho Fujimura Akira Ishihama Machiko Hasegawa
Cinematography:	Chikashi Makiura
Editing:	Hiroshi Yamada
Music:	Akira Ifukube
Studio:	Daiei Film
Distributor:	Daiei
Runtime:	80 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

is a 1968 Japanese fantasy horror film directed by Tokuzō Tanaka and produced by Daiei Film.^{[1] [2]} The film is an expanded adaptation of the Yuki-onna short story as it appeared in the 1904 collection by Lafcadio Hearn.

Plot

In the midst of a snow storm, an evil witch changes the lives of a master sculptor and his apprentice forever.^[3]

Cast

• Shiho Fujimura as Yuki
• Machiko Hasegawa as Wife
• Akira Ishihama as Yosaku
• Taketoshi Naitō as Mino Gonmori
• Yoshiro Kitahara as Jōjin
• Sachiko Murase as Soyo
• Suga Fujio as Soju
• Mizuho Suzuki as Gyokei
• Masao Shimizu as Jiun
• Shinya Saitō as Taro
• Jutaro Hojo as Matsukawa
• Tatsuo Hananuno as Shigeruasa
• Hara Izumi as Miko
• Tokio Oki as Doctor A
• Jun Fujikawa as Doctor B
• Yukio Horikita as Guard
• Ichi Koshikawa as Man of the Agency

Release

The Snow Woman was released in Japan on April 20, 1968. It was released in the United States as Snow Ghost by Daiei International Films with English subtitles in 1969. The film was released on VHS by Daiei Home Video on July 8, 1994^[4] and on DVD on July 25, 2014 by Kadokawa Shoten.^[5]

References

Sources

• Book: Galbraith IV, Stuart. The Japanese Filmography: 1900 through 1994. 1996. McFarland. 0-7864-0032-3.

Notes and References

1. Book: キネマ旬報1968年5月上旬号. 1968. Kinema Junpō. -77-78.
2. Web site: 怪談雪女郎. The TV. ja. 30 November 2021.
3. Web site: 怪談雪女郎 : 作品情報. 2021-07-14. 映画.com. ja.
4. Web site: 怪談雪女郎 (1968) director: Tokuzô Tanaka VHS DAIEI VIDEO (japan). 2021-07-14. www.videospace.fi. en.
5. Web site: 邦画 怪談雪女郎[DABA-90971][DVD] 価格比較]. 2021-07-14. 価格.com. ja.