Your link about the geta took me back to one of the stories from that Japanese movie "Kaidan". The episode "The Woman of the Snow"
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At the end of this part of the story you get a long shot with the straw shoes he has made for his family. His wife ( the snow witch ) at that moment must leave him, because he mentioned an incident on their first meeting. This he was forbidden ever to say a word about on the peril of death. She does not kill him though because of the children they have, but returns to the world of snow.
(best seen full screen)