Outstanding ghost story by Kaneto Shindo from 1968. Up there with Kwaidan.
A mother and her daughter are raped and murdered by passing samurai, make a deal with the devil and come back to wreak revenge. All swirling fog and ground smoke, amazingly imaginative lighting, several genuinely erotic scenes, at least one scare... The climactic scene was a tad over-wrought but all that had gone before was so good I was willing to forgive.
A masterpiece of mood, look and tone. Kudos.
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