Onibaba
1964
The most daring film import ever...From Japan!
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
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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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- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Written by
- Kaneto Shindō
- Produced by
- Hisao Itoya, Setsuo Noto, Tamotsu Minato
- Composer
- Hikaru Hayashi
- Cinematographer
- Kiyomi Kuroda
- Editor
- Toshio Enoki
- Sound Designer
- Tetsuya Ohashi
- Studio
- Kindai Eiga Kyokai
- Origin country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Language
- Japanese
- Also known as
- Devil Woman, The Demon, The Demoness
- TMDB
- 7.7/10 (498 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 90% Fresh
- IMDb
- 7.8/10 (25,138 votes)
Cast
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
Hiroshi Tanaka
Horse Riding Samurai
Kanzō Uni
Horse Riding Samurai
Hosui Araya
Ushi's Follower
Michinori Yoshida
Samurai with Blood
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horse Riding Samurai A
Nobuko Shimakage
Child
Crew
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Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — FOLK Pt 5: The Night of the Hunter (1955) & Onibaba (1964)
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