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Onibaba (1964)

Onibaba (1964)

鬼婆
105 minutes JA Horror
The most daring film import ever ... from Japan!
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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Jitsuko Yoshimura
Young Woman
Kei Satō
Hachi
Jūkichi Uno
The Samurai
Someshō Matsumoto
Runaway Warrior
Kentarô Kaji
Runaway Warrior
Fudeko Tanaka
Old Woman
Hiroshi Tanaka
Horse Riding Samurai
Kanzō Uni
Horse Riding Samurai
Hosui Araya
Ushi's Follower
Michinori Yoshida
Samurai with Blood

Production crew

Prop Maker
Title Graphics
Special Effects
Editorial Production Assistant
Makeup Department Head
Original Music Composer
Makeup Artist
Production companies: Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Production countries: Japan

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