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JAPAN · 1996

The 8-Tomb Village

Kon Ichikawa
Japanese Golden Age curse samurai family legacy supernatural vengeance ancestral conflict
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Synopsis

A band of samurai warriors places a curse on a family fortune thus frustrating the heir 4 centuries later.

Year1996
CountryJapan
DirectorKon Ichikawa
MovementJapanese Golden Age
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