Tetsutaro Murano (Director) · Yukiko Takayama (Screenplay)
Yoko Hara
Sayo
Daisuke Ryū
Takeo
Kyōko Enami
Shrine maiden
Shiho Fujimura
Masako (Sayo's mother)
Yūsuke Takita
Tokutaro (Sayo's father)
Koji Yakusho
Hatsutaro (Sayo's brother)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Otozo
Satoshi Sadanaga
Kenji
Yūko Katagiri
Toki
Yuko Oka
Shino
Toru Minegishi
Yoshio (Takeo's older brother)
Atsuko Kawaguchi
Shizuka (Takeo's mother)
Hisashi Igawa
Kikuzo
Yoshio Inaba
Ichitaro
Kimihiro Reizei
Tomekichi
Yūzō Hayakawa
Seitaro
Jun Hongo
Shintaro
Kisao Tobita
Kyuzo
Mariko Saito
Hatsuko
Ryōji Hayama
Kahei
Kin Sugai
Old woman picking up stones
Teruko Nagaoka
Old woman telling stories
Tanie Kitabayashi
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Sayo has just celebrated her sixteenth birthday when she attends a temple festival. On her way back she sees a large cherry tree which is infamous for the legend of dead white horse. When her fiancé returns from war and visits her he comes across a white horse which he takes in. The man also does not see himself engaged anymore as his family has lost its wealth.
