Onibaba
Onibaba
Onibaba
Aka:
Land: Japan 1964
Release: USA
Genre: Jidaigeki
Lz: 103 Minuten
Bild: NTSC, 2.35:1, B&W
Ton: Japanisch DD Mono
Untertitel: Englisch
Starring: Nobuko Otowa, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Jitsuko Yoshimura
Directed: Kaneto Shindo
Extras:
- New Video Interview With Writer & Director Kaneto Shindo
- Rare Super-8 Black & White and Color Footage Provided by Actor Kei Sato, Shot on Location During the Filming of Onibaba
- Original Trailer
- Stills Gallery Featuring Production Sketches and Promotional Art
- Rare English Translation of the Original Short
- Buddhist Fable That Inspired The Film
- Filmmaker's Statement From Writer & Director Kaneto Shindo
- New essay by Chuck Stephens, noted critic and scholar of Asian cinema
Publisher: Criterion (USA)
Regioncode: 1
Product-ID: JCUS100 Availability: In stock |
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Synopsis
Deep within the wind-swept marshes of war-torn, medieval Japan, an impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. Forced to murder Lost Samurai and sell their belongings for grain, they dump the corpses down a deep, dark hole and live off of the meager spoils. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from the skirmishes, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio's tenuous existence, before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate. Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, Kanteo Shindo's chilling folk tale 'Onibaba' is a singular cinematic experience.