# Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Snake Girl (2005)

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**Original title**: *楳図かずお恐怖劇場  まだらの少女*
**Runtime**: 53 min
**Genres**: Horror, Fantasy
**Directed by**: Noboru Iguchi
**Written by**: Chiaki J. Konaka
**Starring**: Shôko Nakahara, Arisa Nakamura, Riko Narumi, Kyusaku Shimada, Riko Suzuki, Minako Tanaka

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A village road. Summer cicadas. A looming torii gate.

Country visit curdles fast for young Yumiko. Insular villagers whisper dark prophecies; she's the serpent's avatar.

Iguchi’s J-horror is more fever dream than nightmare.

**Mood tags**: dread, surreal

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