Onibaba
1964 · directed by Kaneto Shindō
- Rating
- 83/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Onibaba (1964), directed by Kaneto Shindō, rates 83/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Nobuko Otowa
- Jitsuko Yoshimura
- Kei Satō
- Jūkichi Uno
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Someshō Matsumoto
- Kentarô Kaji
- Fudeko Tanaka
- Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
- Hiroshi Tanaka
Crew
- Kiyomi Kuroda — Director of Photography
- Toshio Enoki — Editor
- Hikaru Hayashi — Original Music Composer
- Kaneto Shindō — Screenplay
More from Kaneto Shindō
- The Naked Island (1960) — 88/100 · hit
- Kuroneko (1968) — 84/100 · hit
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