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Onibaba  (1964)
The most daring film import ever...From Japan!


7.7|21 Nov, 1964|105 min
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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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Keywords
japan
samurai
jealousy
desertion
hold-up robbery
bamboo hut
survival
murder
black and white
demon
criterion
jidaigeki
sengoku period
14th century

Casts

Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa
Woman
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Young Woman
Kei Satō
Kei Satō
Hachi
Jūkichi Uno
Jūkichi Uno
The Samurai
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Ushi
Someshō Matsumoto
Runaway Warrior
Kentarô Kaji
Runaway Warrior
Fudeko Tanaka
Fudeko Tanaka
Old Woman
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horse Riding Samurai
Hiroshi Tanaka
Hiroshi Tanaka
Horse Riding Samurai
Kanzō Uni
Kanzō Uni
Horse Riding Samurai
Hosui Araya
Ushi's Follower
Michinori Yoshida
Samurai with Blood
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horse Riding Samurai A
Nobuko Shimakage
Child

Crews

Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Director
Tamotsu Minato
Producer
Hikaru Hayashi
Hikaru Hayashi
Original Music Composer
Toshio Enoki
Editor
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Art Direction
Shigeo Kobayashi
Makeup Department Head
Kaneyasu Masuda
Makeup Artist
Toshio Miyagawa
Production Supervisor
Toshiharu Takazu
Prop Maker
Yoshio Kurihara
Special Effects
Yoshio Ueno
Costume Supervisor
Mitsuyo Yosoda
Editorial Production Assistant
Tarō Okamoto
Tarō Okamoto
Title Graphics
Kiyomi Kuroda
Director of Photography
Hisao Itoya
Producer
Kazuo Kuwahara
Associate Producer
Setsuo Noto
Producer
Tetsuya Ohashi
Sound Designer
Kaneto Shindō
Kaneto Shindō
Screenplay
Toshihiko Sato
Camera Operator

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