Demon Pond (Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Director: Masahiro Shinoda Masahiro Shinoda

Overview

In the 1930s, a schoolteacher named Gakuen (Tsutomo Yamazaki), while searching for his missing friend Akira (Go Kato), comes upon a mysterious, drought-stricken village beside a pond. After asking for food from a beautiful young woman named Yuri (played by the noted onnagata performer Tamasaburo Bando), Gakuen discovers that she is married to Akira, who is also the keeper of the village bell. Unless it is struck three times a day, a spirit that dwells in the pond, the Dragon Princess (also played by Bando), will flood the town and kill all its inhabitants. When the Dragon Princess receives an offer of marriage from a prince, she offers to leave the pond in exchange for a human sacrifice, and Yuri is chosen as the victim.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/15/2024
UPC:	0715515303811
Original Release:	1980
Source:	Criterion Collection
Language:	English
Time:	2:04:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Tamasaburo Bando	Actor
Go Kato	Actor
Tsutomi Yamasaki	Actor
Tsutomu Yamazaki	Actor
Koji Nanbara	Priest Shikami
Yatsuko Tanami	Actor
Hisashi Igawa	Actor
Norihei Miki	Actor
Fujio Tokita	Actor

Technical Credits

Haruhiko Minura

Masahiro Shinoda	Director
Haruhiko Minura	Screenwriter