A well-respected drama teacher confesses to his housekeeper that the atomic bombing of Hiroshima has left him impotent. With the coming of spring, the sympathetic housekeeper suggests that the Master observe the Yobai , a custom in which the young men of a village steal into the bedrooms of susceptible women to have sex.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Hideo Kanze, Nobuko Otowa, Eimei Esumi, Daigo Kusano, Nobuko Miyamoto, Yoshinobu Ogawa
Crew: Kaneto Shindō (Director), Kaneto Shindō (Writer), Kazuo Kuwahara (Producer), Kaneto Shindō (Producer), Kiyomi Kuroda (Director of Photography), Hikaru Hayashi (Music)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Runtime: 97 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Aug 27, 1966
IMDb: 10
Keywords:ritual, widow, confession, impotence, war victim, landscape, housemaid, war widow, slow burning
