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Feature film — 1964

Onibaba (1964)

7.71h 45mHorror

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

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Cast & crew

Nobuko Otowa as Woman

Nobuko Otowa

Woman

Jitsuko Yoshimura as Young Woman

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Young Woman

Kei Satō as Hachi

Kei Satō

Hachi

Jūkichi Uno as The Samurai

Jūkichi Uno

The Samurai

Taiji Tonoyama as Ushi

Taiji Tonoyama

Ushi

S

Someshō Matsumoto

Runaway Warrior

K

Kentarô Kaji

Runaway Warrior

Fudeko Tanaka as Old Woman

Fudeko Tanaka

Old Woman

H

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Horse Riding Samurai

Hiroshi Tanaka as Horse Riding Samurai

Hiroshi Tanaka

Horse Riding Samurai

Kanzō Uni as Horse Riding Samurai

Kanzō Uni

Horse Riding Samurai

H

Hosui Araya

Ushi's Follower

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