Nov 21, 1964
105 min
Full-HD

Onibaba (1964)

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.

Category

Horror Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

Kindai Eiga Kyokai

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

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