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1964

Onibaba

Directed by Kaneto Shindō
The most daring film import ever...From Japan!

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.

Duration

1h 45m

Released

November 21, 1964

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7.7

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Cast15

  • Nobuko Otowa
  • Jitsuko Yoshimura
  • Kei Satō
  • Jūkichi Uno
  • Taiji Tonoyama
  • Someshō Matsumoto
  • Kentarô Kaji
  • Fudeko Tanaka
  • Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

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