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Onibaba

1964 • 1h45m Horror

Rating

7.7/10

Popularity

6

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.

Details

Director

Kaneto Shindō

Screenplay

Kaneto Shindō

Cast

Nobuko Otowa

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Kei Satō

Release date

11/21/1964

Status

Released

Origin country

JP

Vote count

459