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In
a war-torn 14th century Japan, a woman and her daughter-in-law eke out their living
by ambushing worn-out fleeing warriors, killing them and selling their belongings.
The woman begins to mistrust her daughter-in-law who couples up with a deserter.
Obsessed with jealousy and the fear that the younger woman would leave her, she
schemes to keep the younger woman by her side by wearing a demonic mask to scare
the couple. To her horror, the mask becomes securely stuck to her face and her
attempts to remove it result in the greatest horror of all. Partially based on
the legends of onibaba (demon-hag), the film tells a dynamic story of unrestrained
desires and instincts.
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