Trailer
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Onibaba

Runtime
1hr 43mins
Directed by
Kaneto Shindô
Featuring
Nobuko Otowa,
Jitsuko Yoshimura,
Kei Satô
Film Language
in Japanese with English subtitles
Body

Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. 

When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, 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, Kaneto Shindo’s chilling folktale Onibaba conjures a nightmarish vision of humankind’s deepest desires and impulses. - Criterion Collection

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