Kazuo Umezu’s Horror Theater: Snake Girl (2005) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2005 · 53 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Noboru Iguchi

Starring

Kyûsaku Shimada, Riko Narumi, Arisa Nakamura, Shôko Nakahara, Riko Suzuki, Minako Tanaka

Yumiko travels with her cousin to a remote countryside village for the summer. Upon arrival, she quickly senses hostility from the tight‑knit, secretive villagers, who repeatedly whisper that she is the “Snake Girl.” She tries to uncover why they fear her, but the village’s legends close in, filling her days with eerie suspicion and growing dread.