Onibaba
1964/11/21 • Released • Japanese
The most daring film import ever ... from Japan!
Overview
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.
Director : Kaneto Shindō
Casts
Nobuko Otowa
Woman
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Young Woman
Kei Satō
Hachi
Jūkichi Uno
The Samurai
Taiji Tonoyama
Ushi
Fudeko Tanaka
Old Woman
Hiroshi Tanaka
Horse Riding Samurai
Kanzō Uni
Horse Riding Samurai
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