YASHAGAIKE

(DEMON POND)
Masahiro SHINODA
  • 2021
  • Cannes Classics
  • Restored prints

“Demon Pond” is a story dealing with the world of fantasy and legend written by Kyoka Izumi. The story is the legend of Demon Pond, the pond in Fukui prefecture, surrounded by the mountains of Mikuni Pass. A Dragon God is sealed in the pond and unless the bell near the pond is rung three times every day, the Dragon God will go on a wild rampage and the village will suffer a great flood. The man and wife who tended the bell lived peacefully and happily…but their eventless life suddenly came to an end as the world of fantasy and mystery develops…

Directed by : Masahiro SHINODA
Year of production: 1979
Country: Japan
Duration: 124

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