"In feudal Japan, killing a snake is bad luck, and ancient legends foretell a terrible curse that will befall anyone who brings harm to even a single serpent. When Chobei Onuma, the wealthy landlord of a rural village, causes the death of a poor farmer living on his land, and then enslaves the man's wife and beautiful daughter, he receives such a curse from the dead man's spirit. Madness and death await the Onuma family, proving that wealth and comfort are no protection from vengeful spirits bent on satisfying a death-grudge."--Container

Statement of responsibility from English subtitles. Videodisc release of the 1968 motion picture. Special features include audio commentary by Japanese film scholar Jonathan M. Hall; theatrical trailer; Nobuo Nakagawa poster gallery and biography; liner notes by Japanese film scholar Alexander Jacoby; reversible cover with original Japanese poster artwork.