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Onibaba

The most daring film import ever...From Japan!

7.7(508)19641h 45m4

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
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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

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    deepkino

    1/14/2026

    7/10

    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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