

Onibaba
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
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- Box office
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- Language
- Japanese
- japan
- samurai
- jealousy
- desertion
- hold-up robbery
- bamboo hut
- survival
- murder
- black and white
- demon
- jidaigeki
- sengoku period
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical9 Feb 1965
- PhysicalDVD16 Mar 2004
- PhysicalBlu-ray5 Oct 2021
United KingdomGB
- Physical15DVD22 Aug 2005
- Physical15Blu-ray25 Feb 2013
BrazilBR
- Theatrical121 Nov 1965
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical (limited)1521 Nov 1964
FinlandFI
- Theatrical28 Jul 1967
FranceFR
- Theatrical1226 Jan 1966
- Physical12DVD21 Sept 2005
- PhysicalBlu-Ray5 Mar 2024
GermanyDE
- Theatrical*West Germany4 Jun 1966
- Theatrical*East Germany22 Nov 1974
HungaryHU
- Theatrical6 Aug 1970
ItalyIT
- Theatrical4 Jun 1966
JapanJP
- Theatrical21 Nov 1964
MexicoMX
- Theatrical7 Mar 1968
NetherlandsNL
- PhysicalDVD1 Sept 2009
Frequently asked questions
Onibaba was released on 21 November 1964.
Audience reviews
1- D7/10
deepkino
1/14/2026
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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