Onibaba
“The most daring film import ever...From Japan!”
1964•1h 45m•7.7•Released
Horror
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
Director
Kaneto Shindō
Writer
Kaneto Shindō
Languages
Japanese
Studio
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Cast
Nobuko Otowa
Woman
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Young Woman
Kei Satō
Hachi
Jūkichi Uno
The Samurai
Taiji Tonoyama
Ushi
Someshō Matsumoto
Runaway Warrior
Kentarô Kaji
Runaway Warrior
Fudeko Tanaka
Old Woman
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horse Riding Samurai
Hiroshi Tanaka
Horse Riding Samurai
Kanzō Uni
Horse Riding Samurai
Hosui Araya
Ushi's Follower
Michinori Yoshida
Samurai with Blood
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horse Riding Samurai A
Nobuko Shimakage
Child
Production
Company
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Producer
Tamotsu Minato
Producer
Hisao Itoya
Producer
Setsuo Noto
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