In the northern province, two waitresses Mieko and Hanako from Tokyo, are missing somewhere near the River Kitakami. At night, the villagers of Shirayama gather round a blazing fire, and utter incantations while an old headman tempers a sword...
as Masayuki Abe
as Azami
as Mieko Suzuki
as Muneharu Yugebe
as Goromaru
as Kanako Oikawa
as Chudayu Oikawa
as Mogusa headman
as Hamada, a detective
as Fujikura
as Heisaku
as Genzo
as Old woman
as Oikawa's wife
as Narasaki, the patrolman (uncredited)