Japan, 250 years ago. Soetsu is a moneylender who is killed by the cruel samurai Shinzaemon. His body is dumped in the Kasenega-Fuchi river. According to legend, all who drown in the river will never surface again. 20 Years later, Shinkichi, the handsome son of Shinzaemon, coincidentally meets Toyoshiga, the daughter of Soetsu. They fall in love. It is a doomed love, as the spirit of Soetsu is far from dead
Hideo Nakata
Director
Satoko Okudera
Screenplay
Kenji Kawai
Original Music Composer
Kumiko Aso
Orui
Takaaki Enoki
Shinzaemon Fukami
Léona Hirota
Okou
Hitomi Kuroki
Toyoshiga
Tae Kimura
Oshono
Asaka Seto
Oshizu
Kikunosuke Onoe V
Shinkichi
Mao Inoue
Ohisa
Masahiko Tsugawa
Orui's father
Shôji Murakami
Kanzou
Teisui Ichiryûsai
Storyteller
Taigi Kobayashi
