In one of Japan's most frequently-told ghost stories, a murdered wife returns in an act of vengeance.
In 11th-century feudal Japan, following the exile of an idealistic governor, his wife and children are separated by slave traders; the children, Zushio and Anju, are sold into brutal servitude under the cruel bailiff Sansho.
A state-sponsored film centered on Shinsaku Takasugi’s theories on coastal defense.