
Feature film — 1964
Onibaba (1964)
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
On screen
Cast & crew

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
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horse Riding Samurai

Hiroshi Tanaka
Horse Riding Samurai

Kanzō Uni
Horse Riding Samurai
Hosui Araya
Ushi's Follower
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