Onibaba

The film is set somewhere in Japan, in the mid-fourteenth century during a period of civil war. Two wounded soldiers flee from pursuers on horseback in an enormous field of thick reeds. Suddenly the soldiers are killed with spears by unseen assailants. Two women appear, take the soldiers' armour and weapons, and drop the bodies in a deep hole. The older woman warns the younger woman to stay away from Hachi, whom she blames for her son's death. The younger woman avoids Hachi during the day, but continues to try and see him at night.