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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.

Status: Released
Released Date: 1964-11-21
Runtime: 105 mins
Director: Kaneto Shindo
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Horror
Original title: Onibaba
Production Companies: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Production Countries: Japan

Nobuko Otowa

Jitsuko Yoshimura

Kei Satō

Jūkichi Uno

Taiji Tonoyama

Someshō Matsumoto

Kentarô Kaji

Fudeko Tanaka

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi

Hiroshi Tanaka

Kanzō Uni

Hosui Araya

Michinori Yoshida

Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi