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Onibaba (1964) [N/A]

Release Date:
November 21, 1964

Original Title:
鬼婆

Alternate Titles:
A Mulher Demónio
Devil Woman
La femme diabolique
Onibaba - tappajat
Onibaba, les tueuses
The Demon
The Demoness
The Hole
Онибаба
おにばば

Genres:
Horror

Production Companies:
Kindai Eiga Kyokai

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: 12  GB: 15 

Runtime: 105

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

Art Direction:
Kaneto Shindō

Associate Producer:
Kazuo Kuwahara

Camera Operator:
Toshihiko Sato

Costume Supervisor:
Yoshio Ueno

Director:
Kaneto Shindō

Director of Photography:
Kiyomi Kuroda

Editor:
Toshio Enoki

Editorial Production Assistant:
Mitsuyo Yosoda

Makeup Artist:
Kaneyasu Masuda

Makeup Department Head:
Shigeo Kobayashi

Original Music Composer:
Hikaru Hayashi

Producer:
Tamotsu Minato
Hisao Itoya
Setsuo Noto

Production Supervisor:
Toshio Miyagawa

Prop Maker:
Toshiharu Takazu

Screenplay:
Kaneto Shindō

Sound Designer:
Tetsuya Ohashi

Special Effects:
Yoshio Kurihara

Title Graphics:
Tarō Okamoto

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