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Onibaba (1964)102 minHorror, ThrillerRating 68/100

Deep within the wind-swept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate.

Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō, Jūkichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama, Someshō Matsumoto, Kentarô Kaji

Director: Kaneto Shindō