Onibaba

Onibaba

105 mins | Horror | Nov. 21, 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.

Onibaba

105 mins | Horror | Nov. 21, 1964

Onibaba
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.
IMDb rating 7.9
Producers Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Original title 鬼婆
Directors Kaneto Shindō
Writers Kaneto Shindō

Cast

Nobuko Otowa

as Woman

Jitsuko Yoshimura

as Young Woman

Kei Satō

as Hachi

Jūkichi Uno

as The Samurai

Taiji Tonoyama

as Ushi

Someshô Matsumoto

as Runaway Warrior

Kentarô Kaji

as Runaway Warrior

Fudeko Tanaka

as Old Woman

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

as Horse Riding Samurai / Horse Riding Samurai A

Hiroshi Tanaka

as Horse Riding Samurai

Kanzô Uni

as Horse Riding Samurai

Hosui Araya

as Ushi's Follower

Michinori Yoshida

as Samurai with Blood

Nobuko Shimakage

as Child