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Onibaba (1964)

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Nobuko Otowa Nobuko Otowa
Kichi's Mother
Jitsuko Yoshimura Jitsuko Yoshimura
Kichi's Wife
Kei Sato Kei Sato
Hachi
Jûkichi Uno Jûkichi Uno
Samurai General
Senshô Matsumoto Senshô Matsumoto
Runaway Warrior A
Kentaro Kaji Kentaro Kaji
Runaway Warrior B
Hosui Araya Hosui Araya
Ushi's Follower


Written by
Kaneto Shindô Kaneto Shindô
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A face that you could fall in love with...

14 years ago at Jul 14 0:42
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''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

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2 years, 11 months ago at Aug 15 1:38
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...
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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)
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