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Onibaba
Running Time: 103 min.
Produced By: / Hisao Itoya-Setsuo Noto-Minato
Release By: Toho

Summary:
A landmark in fantasy cinema, this lyrical ghost story is set in medieval Japan amid a bloody conflict between rival fiefdoms. While the warrior Kichi's impoverished wife (Jitsuko Yoshimura) and mother (Nobuko Otowa) wait for his return from battle, ... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew: Nobuko Otowa (Woman) Jitsuko Yoshimura (Young Woman) Jitsuko Yoshimura (The Daughter-inLaw) Kei Sato (Hachi Farmer) All Cast & Crew >> Review: Brimming with ambient dread and sensuality, director/ writer Kaneto Shindo's Onibaba masterfully evokes a world of grinding desperation, feral lust, and otherworldly menace. In a patch of tall swamp grass at the edge of a war, an old woman and her n ... Continue >>

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