Onibaba
Summary:
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... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Nobuko Otowa - (Woman)
Jitsuko Yoshimura - (Young Woman)
Jitsuko Yoshimura - (The Daughter-inLaw)
Kei Sato - (Hachi Farmer)
Jukichi Uno - (Samurai)
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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 s... Continue >>
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