Onibaba 1964

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Horror Drama

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.

Release Date 1964-11-21
Runtime 1h 45m
Directors Kaneto Shindō, Kiyomi Kuroda
Producers Tamotsu Minato, Hisao Itoya, Kazuo Kuwahara, Setsuo Noto
Writer Kaneto Shindō