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Onibaba(1964)
Status: Released
Date: 1964-11-21
77%
434 Votes
Time: 1h 45m
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.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
ProductionCompanies:
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Movie: Onibaba
Top 10 Billed Cast
乙羽信子
Woman
吉村実子
Young Woman
佐藤慶
Hachi
宇野重吉
The Samurai
殿山泰司
Ushi
田中筆子
Old Woman
田中浩
Horse Riding Samurai
Video Trailer Onibaba
Video: ONIBABA Original Theatrical Trailer (Masters of Cinema)
ONIBABA Original Theatrical Trailer (Masters of Cinema)
Shooting Onibaba with Kaneto Shindo
All 2 videos
ONIBABA Original Theatrical Trailer (Masters of Cinema) - Trailer
Shooting Onibaba with Kaneto Shindo - Featurette
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