Onibaba
“The most daring film import ever...From Japan!”
7.7
Rating
(455 votes)
1h 45m
Runtime
1964
Released
5
Popularity
Genres
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.
Status
Released
Original Title
鬼婆
Release Date
1964-11-21
Languages
Japanese
Directors
Writers
Kaneto ShindoScreenplay
