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The Snake Girl and the Silver-Haired Witch

1968 [JAPANESE]

Action / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

11
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 608 608

Plot summary

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.

Director

Noriaki Yuasa Photo
Noriaki Yuasa

Top cast

Sei Hiraizumi Photo
Sei Hiraizumi as Tatsuya Hayashi
Mayumi Takahashi Photo
Mayumi Takahashi as Tamami Nanjo
Mariko Fukuhara Photo
Mariko Fukuhara as Doll
Yachie Matsui Photo
Yachie Matsui as Sayuri Nanjo
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752.52 MB
1280*536
Japanese 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 6
1.36 GB
1920*804
Japanese 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 21 min
Seeds 8

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by BA_Harrison 8 / 10

Creepy Asian weirdness a-go-go.

After a long stay in a children's home, Sayuri Nanjo (Yachie Matsui) returns to her parents where she finds that she has an older sister Tamami (Mayumi Takahashi), who immediately treats her with disdain. Sharing a bed with Tamami, Sayuri finds reptile scales on the sheets, and comes to believe that her sister is a snake. Moved to the attic, Sayuri suffers from nightmares involving snakes, spiders and a hideous witch with detachable arms, and, thanks to a spy-hole above Tamami's room, discovers why her sister is so cruel to her. But who is the witch woman who clearly means to do Sayuri harm and why is she doing so?While the ending does clear up the matter of the witch's true identity, I haven't the foggiest what her motives are, but that doesn't matter because the film is so atmospheric, downright freaky and full of crazy visuals that it proves entertaining regardless of the somewhat confusing plot. Matsui, as Sayuri, puts in a strong performance as the girl caught up in a strangely frightening situation, Takahashi is great as the mean sister whose face has a rather unusual sheen, and director Noriaki Yuasa keeps the pace brisk while providing plenty of kaleidoscopic psychedelia and surreality during Sayori's dream sequences, and a couple of surprisingly nasty moments: a nun stabbed in the chest and Sayuri having her hands mashed to a bloody pulp while hanging from some scaffolding. Fans of classic Japanese horror and Asian weirdness will find plenty to enjoy here.
Reviewed by trentreid-1 8 / 10

Kazuo Umezu shojo horror manga adaptation

Reviewed by kevin_robbins 7 / 10

This was an impressive addition to the horror genre that may be more fun than good but is definitely worth a watch

Snake Girl and the Silver Haired Witch (1968) is a movie that I recently watched on Shudder. The storyline follows an orphaned daughter who is reunited with her family to discover her maid strangely dies shortly after arriving home, her sister chained in the attic, her mother gravely ill and her dad a mad scientist running experiments on snakes. Can the child survive in this environment or will what happened to the maid happen to the entire family?This movie is directed by Noriaki Yuasa (Gamera: The Giant Monster) and stars Yûko Hamada (Lone Wolf and Cub TV Series), Sei Hiraizumi (Shin Godzilla), Kuniko Miyake (Tokyo Story) and Tadashi Date (Black Trump Card).There's a lot to like about this movie. The makeup and masks are awesome as are the costumes. The plastic snakes used were funny. The acting, especially by the children, is awesome. I was really impressed by the main character. There's some skin face peels that are well executed and made me uncomfortable. The witch appearance at the end is tremendous as is the rope scene. The Nun scene at the end was a lot of fun too.Overall, this was an impressive addition to the horror genre that may be more fun than good but is definitely worth a watch. I would score this a 7/10 and recommend seeing it once.
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