Japanese director Teinosuke Kinugasa’s avant-garde/experimental horror reflection is also infused with scary moments and emotional turmoil. The plot, adapted from a short story by Yasunari Kawabata, follows a remorseful man who accepts a janitor job in a remote asylum located in rural Japan in hopes of freeing his incarcerated wife. Simply feverish.
A tenacious country samurai pursues a married woman, who is forced to take extreme measures to deal with his insolence. Obsessive mad love in a Japanese samurai classic that, despite not crammed with sword battles, possesses a continuous, intense dramatic flair.
