While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
乙羽信子
as Woman
吉村実子
as Young Woman
佐藤慶
as Hachi
宇野重吉
as The Samurai
殿山泰司
as Ushi
松本染升
as Runaway Warrior
加地健太郎
as Runaway Warrior
田中筆子
as Old Woman
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
as Horse Riding Samurai
田中浩
as Horse Riding Samurai
Kanzō Uni
as Horse Riding Samurai
Hosui Araya
as Ushi's Follower
