Onibaba (1964)
November 21, 1964
Horror
1h 45m
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The most daring film import ever...From Japan!
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.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Woman Nobuko Otowa
- Young Woman Jitsuko Yoshimura
- Hachi Kei Satō
- The Samurai Jūkichi Uno
- Ushi Taiji Tonoyama
- Old Woman Fudeko Tanaka
- Horse Riding Samurai Hiroshi Tanaka
- Horse Riding Samurai Kanzō Uni
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Keywords
- japan
- samurai
- jealousy
- desertion
- hold-up robbery
- bamboo hut
- survival
- murder
- demon
- jidaigeki
- sengoku period
- 14th century