THE DEMON OF MOUNT OE

“A theatrical song-and-dance folkloric samurai fantasy romance tragedy supernatural drama” - Lexzilla, Letterboxd

The Japanese ghost film at its most lavish and chilling! Director Tokuzō Tanaka excelled at the ghost story and samurai genres, helming many ZATOICHI installments and also spooky tales like THE SNOW WOMAN. Here, a group of mighty warriors is sent to eliminate a demon who steals women from the imperial capital of Kyoto. On the way, they face a satanic bull, a giant spider and a diabolical witch…but the closer they come to their goal, the more they realise the demon they’ve been ordered to kill is far more human than they were led to believe.