Onibaba
Onibaba

Information

Release DateNovember 21, 1964
Runtime1h 45m
StatusReleased
ProductionKindai Eiga Kyokai
LanguagesJapanese
7.7
438 votes
Popularity2

Onibaba

"The most daring film import ever...From Japan!"

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō

Featured Cast

Nobuko Otowa

Nobuko Otowa

Woman

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Young Woman

Kei Satō

Kei Satō

Hachi

Jūkichi Uno

Jūkichi Uno

The Samurai

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Ushi

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