THE IRON CROWN (Church of Film)

A middle-aged business man idles away in a series of hotels with a young lover (pop star Meg Flowers!). Meanwhile, his wife is placing a curse on them both.

A dreamlike and surreal erotic film of betrayal, and witchcraft. THE IRON CROWN is director Kaneto Shindo’s (Onibaba) return to the themes and visuals of the Noh theater, the kabuki, and the figure of the onibaba, this time incorporating the witch curse of the Ushi no koku mairi.