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The Snow Woman

1968 · 79 min

A haunting, slow-burning folk tale that blends ghostly horror with tender romance, leaving a lingering sense of sorrow and beauty.

Tagline
The tale of Yuki-onna.
Overview
Two sculptors spend the night in a mountain lodge after being caught in a snowstorm. A female spirit appears and takes the life of one of the men. She spares the other man's life on the condition that he never tell anyone what happened that night.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • family
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour1
Realism3
Romance5
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror, fantasy, romance
Directed by
Tokuzō Tanaka
Written by
Fuji Yahiro
Starring
Shiho Fujimura, Akira Ishihama, Machiko Hasegawa, Yoshirō Kitahara, Sachiko Murase, Taketoshi Naitō, Mizuho Suzuki, Fujio Suga
Music
Akira Ifukube
Cinematography
Chikashi Makiura
Runtime
79 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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