Onibaba (1964) – Filming Locations
Horror · Directed by Kaneto Shindō · Starring Kei Satō, Nobuko Otowa
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.
Where was Onibaba filmed?
- Kasumigaura, Japan, Kasumigaura – The entire film is set in and around the marshlands where the two women trap and kill samurai. The vast, desolate reed marshes of Kasumigaura provide the film's primary setting and atmospheric landscape, creating an isolated and claustrophobic environment that reflects the characters' spiritual and moral degradation
- Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, Ibaraki – The women's hut, burial sites, and paths through the marshes where they hunt for victims. The rural wetland landscape of Ibaraki Prefecture serves as the brutal, naturalistic backdrop for the film's exploration of survival, desire, and supernatural transformation during Japan's warring states period