Onibaba
1964, Film, 103 min, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Japanese, Japan, MoviePedia score 77
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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.
Directed by Kaneto Shindō
Cast
- Nobuko Otowa as Kichi's Mother
- Jitsuko Yoshimura as Kichi's Wife
- Kei Satō as Hachi
- Jūkichi Uno as Samurai General
- Taiji Tonoyama as Ushi
- Someshô Matsumoto as Runaway Warrior A
- Kentarô Kaji as Runaway Warrior B
- Hosui Araya as Ushi's Follower
- Fudeko Tanaka as Old Woman
- Michinori Yoshida as Samurai with Blood
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