Filmboxd Logo

Filmboxd

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

You´re not logged yet? Do it here

7.7

Rating433

Views0

Likes0

Lists73

Cast15

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

Recommended Films

  • The Fairy and the Devil
  • The Thrill Killers
  • Creature with the Blue Hand
  • A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
  • The Cars That Ate Paris
  • A Party to Die For
  • I Got Distracted
  • Black Widow
  • Magick Lantern Cycle
  • The Evil Dad: O Papai do Mal
  • Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
  • The Inugami Family
  • The Cat and the Canary
  • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts
  • Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie
  • A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone
  • Till Death
  • Abducted
  • When the Screaming Starts
  • Spirit: The Beginning of Fear