Demon Pond

Original title: 夜叉ヶ池

Duration: 124 min

Release date: 1979-10-20

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When a lone traveler 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.

Fantasy Romance

夜叉ヶ池

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Tamasaburō Bandō V

Tamasaburō Bandō V

as Yuri / Princess Shirayuki

as Akira Hagiwara

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Tsutomu Yamazaki

as Gaukuen Yamazaki

as Priest Shikami

Yatsuko Tan'ami

Yatsuko Tan'ami

as Catfish Messenger

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

as The Shadow / Yatabei, the Bellkeeper

as The Camellia

as The Mackerel

as Tiger Priest

as The Villager Yoju

as Yoju's Daughter

as Leader of the Village Assembly

as Village Teacher

as Village Headman

Toshie Kobayashi

Toshie Kobayashi

as Village Woman

as Furosude Kotori

as Yoju's Daughter

Baiken Jukkanji

Baiken Jukkanji

Moriwaka Bandô

Tadayuki Okamoto

Tadayuki Okamoto

Yasuo Shinohara

Yasuo Shinohara

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Masahiro Shinoda

Masahiro Shinoda

Haruhiko Mimura

Haruhiko Mimura

Yutaka Yokoyama

Yutaka Yokoyama

Sachio Tomizawa

Sachio Tomizawa

Executive Producer

Tokio Hiramatsu

Tokio Hiramatsu

Sound Recordist

Executive Producer

Noritaka Sakamoto

Noritaka Sakamoto

Director of Photography

Shigemi Sugisaki

Shigemi Sugisaki

Executive Producer

Hideo Nishizaki

Hideo Nishizaki

Director of Photography

Seikichi Iizumi

Seikichi Iizumi

Associate Producer

Assistant Director

Noritaka Sakamoto

Noritaka Sakamoto

Second Unit Director

Sound Effects Editor

Special Effects

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