Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees

Kyoto mountains. Spring. An axe. A woodcutter takes wives, one after another. Each ends up dead. He meets a bewitching woman in the forest, and his murderous cycle escalates. Shinoda's artful ghost story is more uncanny than frightening.

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Masahiro Shinoda directed Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees in 1975. See Masahiro Shinoda's full filmography, where to start with Masahiro Shinoda, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masahiro Shinoda.

Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees was released in 1975 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 95 minutes.