is a 1966 Japanese drama film written and directed by Kaneto Shindo. Cast Hideo Kanze as The Master Nobuko Otowa as The Housemaid Eimei Esumi as Young man in the village Daigo Kusano as Young man in the village Nobuko Miyamoto as Young girl Yoshinobu Ogawa as Neighbor / Son Kaori Shima as Neighbor / Son's Wife Taiji Tonoyama as Gonpachi Eijirō Tōno as Neighbor / Writer Jūkichi Uno as Doctor References External links 1966 films Japanese drama films 1960s Japanese-language films 1966 drama films Films directed by Kaneto Shindo Japanese black-and-white films 1960s Japanese films