Onibaba (Original title)The Demon (Alternative title)The Hole (Alternative title)Devil Woman (Alternative title)
Date: 1964 (Release)Country: JapanDirector: Kaneto Shindo
Synopsis: MFB 33.180Synopsis: A mother and her daughter-in-law survive 16th century wars by killing exhausted warriors and selling their weapons and clothes. A deserter joins them and a triangle of sexual jealousy develops. The mother adopts a demon-mask to frighten her young rival and this leads to a terrifying denouement.
Genres: Period drama, Horror
Releases
Date: 1964not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and WhiteRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9450 Feet
Date: October 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Dialogue (original): Japanese / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Date: 1964 (Release)Country: JapanDirector: Kaneto Shindo
Synopsis: MFB 33.180Synopsis: A mother and her daughter-in-law survive 16th century wars by killing exhausted warriors and selling their weapons and clothes. A deserter joins them and a triangle of sexual jealousy develops. The mother adopts a demon-mask to frighten her young rival and this leads to a terrifying denouement.
Genres: Period drama, Horror
Releases
Date: 1964not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and WhiteRuntime: 105 mins Length: 9450 Feet
Date: October 2017Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 102 mins Dialogue (original): Japanese / Subtitles: EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
(12)
Production Company: Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Production Company: Tokyo Eiga, Executive Producer: Hisao Itoya, Executive Producer: Setsuo Noto, Executive Producer: Tamotsu Minato, Producer: Toshio Konya, Screenplay: Kaneto Shindo, Director of Photography: Kiyomi Kuroda, Editor: Toshio Enoki, Art Director: Kaneto Shindo, Music: Hikaru Hayashi
Cast
(6)
Nobuko Otowa (mother), Jitsuko Yoshimura (daughter-in-law), Kei Sato (Hachi), Taiji Tonomura (Ushi, the merchant), Jûkichi Uno (warrior), Tatsuya Nakadai (Onimasa)