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Onibaba (1964)

15
22/08/2005 (GB)
Horror
1h 45m

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

Overview

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.

  • Kaneto ShindōDirector, Screenplay
  • Original Title

    鬼婆

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Japanese

Keywords

  • japan
  • samurai
  • jealousy
  • desertion
  • hold-up robbery
  • bamboo hut
  • survival
  • murder
  • demon
  • jidaigeki
  • sengoku period
  • 14th century

Top Billed 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

Someshō Matsumoto

Runaway Warrior

Kentarô Kaji

Runaway Warrior

Fudeko Tanaka

Fudeko Tanaka

Old Woman

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Horse Riding Samurai

Hiroshi Tanaka

Hiroshi Tanaka

Horse Riding Samurai

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