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Onibaba

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Onibaba
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NR,1hr 43min
Genres:
Horror,Drama
Released:
February 4, 1965
Director:
Kaneto Shindo
Distributor:
Toho Company Ltd.
Starring:
Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato  ...more
Synopsis: A landmark in fantasy cinema, this lyrical ghost story is set in medieval Japan amid a bloody conflict between rival fiefdoms. While the warrior Kichi's impoverished wife (Jitsuko Yoshimura) and mother (Nobuko Otowa) wait for his return from battle, they maintain a humble existence by luring lost soldiers into the surrounding fields of tall grass and murdering them in order to sell their armor and weapons for food; the bodies are then disposed of in a deep cavern. After learning that her son has ... Full Synopsis
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Jonathan Crow, AMG Review
Brimming with ambient dread and sensuality, director/ writer Kaneto Shindo's Onibaba masterfully evokes a world of grinding desperation, feral lust, and otherworldly menace. In a patch of tall swamp grass at the edge of a war, an old woman and her nubile daughter eke out a miserable existence of killing and scavenging. When her threadbare subsistence is threatened by the presence of a rakish neighbor, ... Full Review
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