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.

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Cast

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

Yūko Katagiri

Toki

Toru Minegishi

Yoshio (Takeo's older brother)

Atsuko Kawaguchi

Shizuka (Takeo's mother)

Hisashi Igawa

Kikuzo

Yoshio Inaba

Ichitaro

Kimihiro Reizei

Tomekichi