Am I the only one who watches this and thinks oh I’ve seen this! The full length version here I’ve seen before in Kwaidan!
It was my favorite of those shorts and here it’s given just under 80 minutes to spread its wings. I wonder how long the original story is?
Two Japanese wood cutters are out and they find a huge tree. They have to stay the night as the snow begins to fly and during the night the evil mythical Snow Woman comes. She kills the older of the two and spares the younger saying if he promises to never tell a soul he can live. He does but soon enough a beautiful woman comes into him life and changes things.
This movie is really cool, and it doesn’t feel there is stretching from the shorter version to make this full length. They add more characters in this and have a fire festival and statue carving plot but it works to enhance the tension and the character depth.
It’s got good acting and cinematography and it’s a fun mood for Halloween! 3.5 stars.
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