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The Temptress features Yumeji Tsukioka as the title character. Unhappily married to an unpleasant dwarf, Tsukioka gives her body freely to other men. But there's a curious side effect: all of the Temptress' lovers are metamorphosed into animals. Only the man she truly loves will be spared this fate; unfortunately, Tsukioka is destined to die a horrible death should she ever genuinely fall in love. Masterfully directed by Eisuke Takazawa, The Temptress was one of the more memorable entries in the Museum of Modern Art's 1958 Japanese Film Festival.