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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Onibaba was released in 1964 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 179 reviews, giving Onibaba (1964) an average rating of 81%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 84%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 70%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Onibaba than critics were.
With a score of 81%, Onibaba is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1964, which stands at 61%.
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