

Onibaba
Visit website7.7/10 • 437
1964-11-21 • 1h 45m
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.
- Directors
- Kaneto Shindō
- Editors
- Toshio Enoki

Onibaba
Visit website1964-11-21 • 1h 45m
7.7/10 • 437
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.
- Directors
- Kaneto Shindō
- Editors
- Toshio Enoki
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsNobuko 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
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- Keywords
- japansamuraijealousydesertionhold-up robberybamboo hutsurvivalmurderblack and whitedemonjidaigekisengoku period14th century