The Temptress and the Monk (1957)
Original title: 白夜の妖女
The Temptress and the Monk is a 1957 Japanese-language horror movie directed by Eisuke Takizawa, with a running time of 1h 28m. It stars Yumeji Tsukioka, Ryōji Hayama and Osamu Takizawa.
A Buddhist monk becomes ensnared by a seductive woman who, according to legend, transforms her lovers into beasts.
Cast
- Yumeji Tsukioka as The Temptress
- Ryōji Hayama as Socho
- Osamu Takizawa as Old Socho
- Akitake Kōno as Medicine seller
- Kenjiro Uemura as Traveler
- Jun Hamamura as The Criminal
- Kō Nishimura as Peasant
- Seijiro Takano as Middle-aged monk
- Keishichi Nakahara as Young monk
- Takashi Sudo
- Ikuko Kimuro as Mountain girl
- Tadashi Kobayashi as The Dwarf