Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees
May 31 1975
•2h 35m
•Drama, Horror, Fantasy, Romance
A mountain man beheads his many wives to prove his love to an alluring woman he meets in an enchanted forest.
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Tomisaburō Wakayama
Bandit
Shima Iwashita
Shrewish Wife
Hiroko Isayama
Maid
Kō Nishimura
Kenpeishi
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