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The most daring film import ever ... from Japan! - Onibaba
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Title: Onibaba

Release Date: 21 Nov 1964

Runtime: 1h 45m

Genre: Horror

Director: Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Production Companies: Kindai Eiga Kyokai

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.

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Average Vote: 7.7 (421 votes)

Cast

  • Woman: Nobuko Otowa
  • Young Woman: Jitsuko Yoshimura
  • Hachi: Kei Satō
  • The Samurai: Jūkichi Uno
  • Ushi: Taiji Tonoyama
  • Runaway Warrior: Someshō Matsumoto
  • Runaway Warrior: Kentarô Kaji
  • Old Woman: Fudeko Tanaka
  • Horse Riding Samurai: Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
  • Horse Riding Samurai: Hiroshi Tanaka
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