When a lone traveller stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants, including lovers Akira and Yuri, in their hands.

• Shochiku
• Tamasaburō Bandō V
• Gō Katō
• Tsutomu Yamazaki
• Kōji Nanbara
• Yatsuko Tan'ami
• Hisashi Igawa
• Norihei Miki
• Juro Kara