Why it may be worth watching
- Onibaba combines Horror elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō.
- Viewers currently rate it 7.7/10 from 510 votes.
Movie
Onibaba
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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.
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Cast
Nobuko OtowaWoman
Jitsuko YoshimuraYoung Woman
Kei SatōHachi
Jūkichi UnoThe Samurai
Taiji TonoyamaUshi
Someshō MatsumotoRunaway Warrior
Kentarô KajiRunaway Warrior
Fudeko TanakaOld Woman
Hiroyoshi YamaguchiHorse Riding Samurai
Hiroshi TanakaHorse Riding Samurai
Kanzō UniHorse Riding Samurai
Hosui ArayaUshi's Follower
Michinori YoshidaSamurai with Blood
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Who may enjoy it
Best suited to viewers looking for Horror.
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A regional age classification is not currently listed. Metadata signals include violence or peril, frightening or intense material. Ratings vary by country; use this as a quick screening note rather than a complete parental guide.
Themes and topics
japansamuraijealousydesertionhold-up robberybamboo hutsurvivalmurder
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deepkinoExternal review ·
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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