Movies - Onibaba

	Movies - Onibaba

Onibaba (鬼婆) is a 1964 Japanese film, directed by Kaneto Shindo and starring Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura and Kei Sato.

The title means demon-hag; a Japanese word used for pernicious old women.

The story tells of an woman who lives with her daughter-in-law in a small hut in a time of civil war between samurai armies. They make a living out of scavenging and selling armour from dead samurai, many of whom they murder themselves.

The younger woman begins a relationship with a man who lives nearby and cannot resist sneaking out to visit him at night, in spite of her nocturnal superstitions. Her mother-in-law tries to stop the relationship by playing on her fears, partly out of jealousy, partly out of spite, but soon gets her horrific comeuppance.

Onibaba is notable for its setting amongst a sea of susuki grass, its taiko drum soundtrack, and grisly conclusion.

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