Film1964105 min

Onibaba

Name: Onibaba
Genre: Drama, Horror
Released: 1964
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō, Jūkichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama

Taste attributes: dramahorrordetectivemonster/alien/supernaturalthrillerunsavouryheavyimaginarygrittyenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeUnsavoury and otherworldly: a heavy horror film, gritty rather than glossy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.8 /10

TMDB · 229 votes

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What lines up

Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Balanced linearity, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB