Onibaba (1964)
poster Onibaba

Country:Japan, 103 minutes

Spoken languages:Japanese

Genres:Horror

Director(s):Kaneto Shindô

Writer(s):

Video Codec:Unknown

Number: 125

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8.1/10 (10.1K votes)

Certification:Unrated

Storyline:
After being forcefully inducted as a soldier into war in 14th century Japan, his wife and mother remain living in a swamp. They eke out their living by ambushing worn-out warriors, killing them and selling their belongings to a greedy merchant. The woman comes to mistrust her daughter-in-law who has coupled up with a deserter, and begins to wear a facial mask she has taken from a slain samurai. In this disguise she is at first taken for a demon by her daughter.

Cast:
Nobuko Otowa (as Kichi's Mother), Jitsuko Yoshimura (as Kichi's Wife), Kei Satô (as Hachi), Jûkichi Uno (as Samurai General), Taiji Tonoyama (as Ushi)

Medium: Unknown,

Comments: 95-240

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1