Film

Onibaba

1964 · 1h 45m · Horror

The most daring film import ever...From Japan!

IMDb

7.8

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

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.

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

Michinori Yoshida

Samurai with Blood

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Horse Riding Samurai A

Nobuko Shimakage

Child

• Kaneto ShindōDirector · Screenplay
• Tamotsu MinatoProducer
• Hisao ItoyaProducer
• Setsuo NotoProducer
• Kiyomi KurodaDirector of Photography
• Hikaru HayashiOriginal Music Composer
• Toshio EnokiEditor

ONIBABA Original Theatrical Trailer (Masters of Cinema)

Release date

November 21, 1964

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

12

Genres

Horror

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