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Dominican Rep. Onibaba
- Original title
- Onibaba
- Year
- 1964
- Running time
- 103 min.
- Country
Japan- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Nobuko Otowa
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Kei Sato
Taiji Tonoyama
Jûkichi Uno
Senshô Matsumoto- Hosui Araya
- Michinori Yoshida
- Kentarô Kaji
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- Music
- Cinematography
Kiyomi Kuroda (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Fantasy. Horror | Supernatural. Feudal Japan. 14th Century. Cult Movie. J-Horror
- Synopsis
- After enlisting as a volunteer in a 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.
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- 30 My Favorite Japanese Movies (58)
- 77 My Favorite Asian Movies (59)
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