The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch

1968 1h 22m JA

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 19

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Synopsis

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Up until this point, young Sayuri Nanjo has had to live most of her life in a nun-run boarding school for orphans and away from her parents. That's all about to change when her real father mysteriously comes to get her and finally bring her home.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yachie Matsui
Sayuri Nanjo
Mayumi Takahashi
Tamami Nanjo
Sei Hiraizumi
Tatsuya Hayashi
Yūko Hamada
Yuko Nanjo
Yoshirō Kitahara
Goro Nanjo
Kuniko Miyake
Sister Yamakawa
Sachiko Meguro
Shige Kito
Mariko Fukuhara
Doll

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Noriaki Yuasa
Writers: Kazuo Umezu, Kimiyuki Hasegawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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82 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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58 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Noriaki Yuasa, shot by Akira Uehara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Yachie Matsui and Mayumi Takahashi and Sei Hiraizumi carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0142360 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Noriaki Yuasa directs. Akira Uehara behind the camera. Shunsuke Kikuchi scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

182 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
258 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Noriaki Yuasa, shot by Akira Uehara. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Yachie Matsui and Mayumi Takahashi and Sei Hiraizumi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0142360 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 19 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.