DVD
Onibaba
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (ill. ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Deep within the windswept 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, and an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate.
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Special features: 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 filing of Onibaba ; original trailer ; stills gallery featuring production sketches and promotional art ; filmmaker's statement from Kaneto Shindo.