Director: Masahiro Shinoda
Cast: Tamasaburo Bando, Gō Katō, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Kôji Nanbara, Yatsuko Tan'ami,
Plot: When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants in their hands.
Masahiro Shinoda’s Demon Pond (1979): Criterion Blu-ray review
Japanese New Wave filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda uses a range of styles and registers to evoke Japan’s tumultuous Twentieth Century history in the allegorical fantasy Demon Pond (1979), newly restored in 4K and released in dual formats by […]