Demon Pond
1979When 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.
Acted in
Tamasaburo Bando
as Yuri / Princess Shirayuki
Gō Katō
as Akira Hagiwara
Tsutomu Yamazaki
as Gaukuen Yamazaki
Kôji Nanbara
as Priest Shikami
Yatsuko Tan'ami
as Nurse
Hisashi Igawa
as The Carp
Norihei Miki
as Catfish Messenger
Juro Kara
as Denkichi
Ryūnosuke Kaneda
as Diet Member
Fujio Tokita
as The Crab
Jun Hamamura
as The Shadow / Yatabei, the Bellkeeper
Megumi Ishii
as The Camellia
Tadashi Furuta
as The Mackerel
Kazuo Sato
as Tiger Priest
Kai Ato
as The Bone
Hatsuo Yamaya
as The Villager Yoju
Maki Takayama
as Yoju's Wife
Yuni Nishigami
as Yoju's Daughter
Tōru Abe
as Leader of the Village Assembly
Shigeru Yazaki
as Village Teacher
Dai Kanai
as Village Headman
Toshie Kobayashi
as Village Woman
Hitoshi Ōmae
as Furosude Kotori
Fudeko Tanaka
as Old Woman
Yumi Seigan
as Yoju's Daughter
Baiken Jukkanji
Mansaku Fuwa
Moriwaka Bandô
Sōnosuke Oda
Tadayuki Okamoto
Shuichi Oki
Yasuo Shinohara