Onibaba (1964)

83 Pictures

8	Rating (238 ratings)
8	IMDB rating

Add to favorites

Edit page

Buy at Amazon

Directed by

Kaneto Shindô

Starring (View all)

Nobuko Otowa
Kichi's Mother

Jitsuko Yoshimura
Kichi's Wife

Kei Sato
Hachi

Jûkichi Uno
Samurai General

Taiji Tonoyama
Ushi

Senshô Matsumoto
Runaway Warrior A

Kentaro Kaji
Runaway Warrior B

Hosui Araya
Ushi's Follower

Written by

Kaneto Shindô
written by

Lists

511 votes

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (1001 items)
list by upidipi

Published 16 years ago

874 comments

293 votes

History of Horror (3743 items)
list by diabolical dr voodoo

Published 14 years, 11 months ago

45 comments

229 votes

It's a private emotion. (235 items)
list by Lexi

Published 15 years ago

19 comments

168 votes

Listal's Esoteric Films (535 items)
list by Mr. Saturn

Published 11 years, 4 months ago

16 comments

148 votes

About 350 great films (354 items)
list by The Wolf

Published 16 years, 3 months ago

16 comments

View all Onibaba lists

Cover art, photos and screenshots

7 votes

3 votes

2 votes

View all Onibaba pictures (80 more)

Reviews

A face that you could fall in love with...

14 years, 9 months ago at Jul 14 0:42

Lexi

4 votes

''You want to see a face that you could fall in love with?''

During the Nanboku-chō period, a woman (Nobuko Otowa) and her daughter-in-law (Jitsuko Yoshimura) live in a small hut in a susuki grass swamp.

Nobuko Otowa: Kichi's Mother

Onibaba (鬼婆, literally Demon Woman) (1964) is a Japanese horror film based on a Buddhist parable. Directed by Kaneto... read more

Review

3 years, 8 months ago at Aug 15 1:38

fernando

4 votes

(OK) Minimal, agressive, straight but perverse, fantastic and realistic in the way fantasy is presented. Running for sex in the hot atmosphere is convincing...

View all Onibaba reviews

After being forcefully inducted as a soldier into war in 14th century Japan, his wife and mother remain living in a swamp. They eke out their living by ambushing worn-out warriors, killing them and selling their belongings to a greedy merchant. The woman comes to mistrust her daughter-in-law who has coupled up with a deserter, and begins to wear a facial mask she has taken from a slain samurai. Soon the mask will not come off again. In this disguise she is at first taken for a demon by her daughter.

Release date: 4 February 1965
UPC: 037429185827

Tags: Horror (17), Japan (16), 1964 (13), Japanese (12), Samurai (9), 1960s (9), Mask (8), Murder (7), Drama (6), Black And White (5), War (5), Female Nudity (5), Feudal Japan (5), B&w (4), Vengeance (4), Medieval Times (4), Stealing From A Dead Body (4), Revenge (3), Death (3), Violence (3)

My tags:

Add tags

Update feed

The Cineast added this to a list 3 weeks, 1 day ago

The Cinephile's Film Journal: 2024 (104 movies items)

samcro added this to a list 3 months, 1 week ago

Last 50 Films Watched (52 movies items)

"Rewatch HBO Max"

rewster added this to a list 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Best Horror Movie, Year by Year (74 movies items)

"1964 "

JxSxPx added this to a list 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Variety's 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time (100 movies items)

Texal added this to a list 9 months ago

Magic realism (138 movies items)

rewster voted for an image 1 year, 5 months ago

crazymetalhead added this to a list 1 year, 7 months ago

365 Days of Horror (optional and read description) (365 movies items)

- WreckMe - voted for 12 images [View All] 1 year, 7 months ago

- WreckMe - added this to a list 1 year, 7 months ago

The Best of 60's Cinema (23 movies items)

"Movie: 8/10 Directed by: Kaneto Shindô Written by: Kaneto Shindô Starring: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jûkichi Uno & Taiji Tonoyama "

diabolical dr voodoo added this to a list 1 year, 7 months ago

Acervo Versátil Home Video (2440 movies items)

mirinbuddy added this to a list 2 years, 7 months ago

1001 Fav Movies : My History of Film Lover (1011 movies items)

SA-512 posted a image 2 years, 8 months ago

Michael M added this to a list 2 years, 10 months ago

Movies of 1964 (50 movies items)

Georgini voted for an image 2 years, 10 months ago

LazyPaco added this to a list 3 years, 4 months ago

Horror films I've seen. (89 movies items)

jeffpsych added this to a list 3 years, 5 months ago

Horror Films - You won't sleep tonight (72 movies items)

rewster posted 3 images 3 years, 6 months ago

Severin Severin posted 4 images 3 years, 6 months ago

fernando posted a review 3 years, 8 months ago

“(OK) Minimal, agressive, straight but perverse, fantastic and realistic in the way fantasy is presented. Running for sex in the hot atmosphere is convincing...” read more

milica added this to a list 3 years, 8 months ago

My Favorite Movies of the 60s (183 movies items)

milica added this to a list 3 years, 8 months ago

My Movie Year 2021 (692 movies items)

milica posted 7 images [View All] 3 years, 8 months ago

Phoenix Feather added this to a list 3 years, 9 months ago

Phoenix Feather's Movie Diary 2021 (316 movies items)

"(WATCHED: 14 July 2021)"

Phoenix Feather added this to a list 3 years, 9 months ago

Seen Films (1890s to 1970s) (558 movies items)

Mustanaamio7 added this to a list 4 years, 1 month ago

Mustanaamio7's Movie Diary 2021 (24 movies items)

"14.3. 2021 Two Japanese women make their living in times of war by stalking and killing soldiers. The younger woman starts a passionate sex relationship with a man but the older woman despises the man in spite of the fact the she is sexually frustrated as well. During the hard times people tend to rely on their natural instincts and focus on pretty much anything that would take their attention away from all the misery around them. "Onibaba" is a steamy melodrama inspired by Japanese folklore. T"

the giraffe voted for an image 4 years, 1 month ago

the giraffe added this to a list 4 years, 1 month ago

Movies the giraffe watched in 2021: February (25 movies items)

"Re-watch - Feb. 27th It's been about 10 years since I last watched Onibaba, so I was thankful for the opportunity to revisit it. And it's still a great film, full of memorable visuals (that mask especially) and outstanding music. I still think the best way to engage with the film is to go in blind, so I don't want to divulge details...just check it out if you haven't."

mirinbuddy added this to a list 4 years, 2 months ago

The Most Haunting Films (23 movies items)