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Demon Pond is a 2005 film based on a play by Keishi Nagatsuka, adapted from Izumi Kyōka's 1913 play. It tells the story of a man who tries to save a woman from a mountain village cursed by a dragon princess.
Demon Pond is a 1979 film based on a classical tale of mythical creatures living in a mysterious pond near a village. The film explores themes of revenge, love, and sacrifice with lush images, eerie soundtrack, and special effects.
- (575)
- Fantasy, Romance
- Masahiro Shinoda
- 1979-10-20
A traveler encounters a cursed village where a pond harbors evil spirits. Read reviews, cast, synopsis, and ratings of this cult classic on Letterboxd.
- (1K)
- Shochiku
- Masahiro Shinoda
Japanese friends (Tamasaburo Bando, Gô Katô, Tsutomu Yamazaki) violate a supposedly haunted lake in 1913, bringing on a tidal wave. TOP CRITIC. Masahiro Shinoda's Demon Pond is, in the manner...
- (1)
- Bruce Mccabe
- Horror
- Masahiro Shinoda
ADDITION: Criterion Blu-ray (October 2024): Criterion have transferred Masahiro Shinoda's Demon Pond to Blu-ray. It is cited as being from a "4K digital restoration, supervised by director Masahiro Shinoda and actor Tamasaburo Bando ". The 4K UHD package has one 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features.
When a lone traveler (Tsutomu Yamazaki) 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—including lovers Akira (Go Kato) and Yuri (Kabuki legend Tamasaburo Bando, who also plays the ethereal ...
- 4K
Tamazawa Gakuen (Tsutomo Yamazaki) travelling from the south is searching for his vanished friend Akira (Go Kato), who, it turns out, has settled down with Yuri as hermits near Demon Pond. Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
