Byaku fujin no yôren (1956)

Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, 1956
103m
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 2.35:1
mono (Western Electric Recording), Japanese

A Japanese/Hong Kong/Singaporean fantasy film directed by Shiro Toyoda.

Plot Summary

A man falls in love with a snake goddess that has assumed human form.

Credits

Crew
Directed by: Shiro Toyoda
Toho Co., Ltd., Shaw Brothers
Produced by: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Written by: Toshio Yasumi
Director of Photography: Mitsuo Miura
Editor: Kôichi Iwashita
Music by: Ikuma Dan
Sound Recordist: Hisashi Shimonaga
Special Effects Director: Eiji Tsuburaya
Visual Effects: Sadao Iizuka

Cast
Ryô Ikebe (Xu Xian)
Yoshiko Yamaguchi [real name: Shirley Yamaguchi] (Madam White)
Kaoru Yachigusa (Xiao-Qing)
Kichijirô Ueda (Wang Ming)
Haruo Tanaka
Eijirô Tôno
Yoshio Kosugi
Akira Tani
Ikio Sawamura
Bokuzen Hidari
Yasuhisa Tsutsumi
Tateo Kawasaki
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Sumiko Koizumi
Akio Kusama
Yoshiko Miyata
Keiji Sakakida
Musei Tokugawa
Hideo Unagami

Alternative Titles

Bewitched Love of the White Wife
The Bewitched Love of Madame Pai
The Bewitching Love of Madame Pai
Legenda Bialego Weza – Poland
Madame White Snake – USA
Pai-she chuan – Hong Kong (Mandarin)
Волшебная любовь Белой Госпожи – Russia
Легенда о белой змее – Russia
白夫人の妖恋 – Japan

See also
Baeksa buin (1960)
Bai she chuan shuo (2011)
Bai she zhuan (1962)
Ching se (1993)
Hakuja den (1958)
Qing she yu bai she (2001)

References

Periodicals

  • Filmblätter no.26 (29 June 1956) p.777