Onibaba (1964)

★ 7.7 1h 45m 474 votes IMDb
Horror

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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Nobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa as Woman Died 1994 · Yonago, Tottori Prefecture, Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nobuko Otowa (1 October 1925 – 22 December 1994) was a Japanese film actress. She appeared in 134 films between 1950 and 1994. She was married to film director...
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Jitsuko Yoshimura as Young Woman Age 83 · Tokyo, Japan Jitsuko Yoshimura (吉村実子 Yoshimura Jitsuko, born 18 April 1943) is a Japanese actress. She was discovered by Shohei Imamura as a newcomer and cast in the film Pigs and Battleships. She went on to appea...
Kei Satō
Kei Satō as Hachi Died 2010 · Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan Kei Satō (佐藤 慶, Satō Kei; born December 21, 1928 in Aizuwakamatsu – May 2, 2010) was a Japanese character actor and narrator. He is known for his work with Japanese New Wave director Nagisa Oshima, an...
Jūkichi Uno
Jūkichi Uno as The Samurai Died 1988 · Shimomonju, Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Taiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama as Ushi Died 1989 · Tokyo, Japan Taiji Tonoyama (殿山 泰司, Tonoyama Taiji, 1915–1989) was a Japanese character actor who made many appearances in films and on television from 1939 to 1989. He was a close friend of Kaneto Shindo and one...
Fudeko Tanaka
Fudeko Tanaka as Old Woman Died 1981 · Koto, Tokyo, Japan
Director Kaneto Shindō
Cast Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō, Jūkichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama, Someshō Matsumoto, Kentarô Kaji, Fudeko Tanaka, Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Tanaka

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deepkino 7/10 Jan 14, 2026
In the grip of war and famine, a makeshift hut amid the reeds, and two women—one waiting for her son, the other for her husband. So far, everything is as it is in other ordinary drama films. However, when the man of the house's friend returns from the war and tells them he died in battle, and especially when the young widow begins to meet with the person who returned from the war alive, things change.

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