Onibaba (1964)
The most daring film import ever...From Japan!
- Released
- Runtime 1h 45m
- Director Kaneto Shindō
- Genres Horror
- Rating 7.7/10 (500 votes)
Synopsis
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.
Cast
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Nobuko Otowa
as Woman
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Jitsuko Yoshimura
as Young Woman
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Kei Satō
as Hachi
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Jūkichi Uno
as The Samurai
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Taiji Tonoyama
as Ushi
- Someshō Matsumoto as Runaway Warrior
- Kentarô Kaji as Runaway Warrior
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Fudeko Tanaka
as Old Woman
- Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi as Horse Riding Samurai
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Hiroshi Tanaka
as Horse Riding Samurai
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Kanzō Uni
as Horse Riding Samurai
- Hosui Araya as Ushi's Follower
- Michinori Yoshida as Samurai with Blood
- Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi as Horse Riding Samurai A
- Nobuko Shimakage as Child
Crew
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Kaneto Shindō
Director
- Kiyomi Kuroda Director of Photography
- Toshio Enoki Editor
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Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
- Tamotsu Minato Producer
- Hisao Itoya Producer
- Setsuo Noto Producer
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Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
