Onibaba poster
Director Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay Kaneto Shindō

Onibaba

Horror1964

Original Title: 鬼婆

Tagline: The most daring film import ever ... from Japan!

Release Date: 1964-11-21

Duration: 105 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

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