Crane (1988)

Based on the folk tales "Repayment from a crane". One snowy night a beautiful woman named Tsuru (Crane) visits poor peasant Taiju and says she will become his wife...

Producers	Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title	つる－鶴－
Directors	Kazuo Yoshida, Kon Ichikawa
Writers	Shinya Hidaka, Natto Wada, Kon Ichikawa

Cast

Sayuri Yoshinaga

as Tsuru (crane)

Hideki Noda

as Daiju

Takuzō Kawatani

as Umaemon

Kirin Kiki

as Yura

Bunta Sugawara

as Rich man

Kyōko Kishida

as Kichibi

Koji Ishizaka

as Narrator

Michiyo Yokoyama

as Nami

Fujio Tokita

as Hunter