The Mother Tree

1958 · 48 MIN · IMDB 6.0 · 88 VOTES · DIR. Gorō Kadono

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Overview

A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He later murders the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter's ghost seeks revenge on the samurai, and saves his wife and newborn child.

Horror1950s

Dialogue Timeline — 412 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:15 THE MOTHER TREE (Kaidan chibusa enoki)
00:01:57 If he is to paint for you, have him do something colorful.
00:04:06 There's Takeroku up there.
00:05:19 Hishikawa Shigenobu.
00:06:38 The Nanzoin Temple has asked again when you will come.
00:07:48 I leave the women of my house in your care.
00:09:26 Oh?
00:10:50 Move that in here.
00:12:04 I'm a married woman.
00:13:54 You disgust me!
00:15:35 I can't leave you alive when you know our secret!
00:17:03 Is that not so?
00:18:36 Why would you hate me?
00:21:03 What's happened to you?
00:23:03 "May his soul rest in peace."
00:25:32 Girls...
00:26:33 I'll give you something then.
00:30:32 I don't care what happens to me.
00:32:09 I can't!
00:33:15 I can't do that. You're tied to me for life!
00:34:48 Please don't hate me, child.
00:39:21 Do you want to see your boy or not?! Get ready!
00:43:31 Fall into hell!
00:47:15 The End

Cast & Characters

Akira Nakamura Shigenobu Hishikawa Katsuko Wakasugi Kise Hishikawa Asao Matsumoto Namihei Isogai Hiroshi Ayukawa Takeroku Keiko Hasegawa Maid Ohana Hiroshi Hayashi Manservant Kaoru Katsumata Sôzaburô Kikuchi Yatarô Kitagami Kyôji Kokonoe Tomoe-ya Shinbei

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed412
Dialogue density8.6 lines / min
First line00:00:15
Final line00:47:15

Production Record

DirectorGorō Kadono
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes88