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Onibaba - The Criterion Collection (US Import)
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Blu-ray
$51.99
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, the chilling folktale Onibaba by Kaneto Shindo conjures a nightmarish vision of humankind's deepest desires and impulses.
- Restored high-definition transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2001 featuring director Kaneto Shindo and actors Kei Sato and Jitsuko Yoshimura
- Interview from 2003 with Shindo
- On-location footage shot by Sato
- Trailer
- Stills gallery featuring production sketches and promotional art (DVD only)
- Filmmaker's statement from writer/director Kaneto Shindo
- English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Elena Lazic, a 2001 director's statement by Shindo, and a version of the Buddhist fable that inspired the film
- New cover illustration by Edward Kinsella
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- 102 mins Appprox.
- NR
- Japanese
- 1
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- Kaneto Shindo
- Nobuko Otowa
- Jitsuko Yoshimura
- Kei Sato
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Jukichi Uno
- Taiji Tonomura
English
- 1964
- A
Onibaba - The Criterion Collection (US Import)
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Blu-ray
$51.99
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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, the chilling folktale Onibaba by Kaneto Shindo conjures a nightmarish vision of humankind's deepest desires and impulses.
- Restored high-definition transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary from 2001 featuring director Kaneto Shindo and actors Kei Sato and Jitsuko Yoshimura
- Interview from 2003 with Shindo
- On-location footage shot by Sato
- Trailer
- Stills gallery featuring production sketches and promotional art (DVD only)
- Filmmaker's statement from writer/director Kaneto Shindo
- English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Elena Lazic, a 2001 director's statement by Shindo, and a version of the Buddhist fable that inspired the film
- New cover illustration by Edward Kinsella
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- 102 mins Appprox.
- NR
- Japanese
- 1
- CRITERION COLLECTION
- Kaneto Shindo
- Nobuko Otowa
- Jitsuko Yoshimura
- Kei Sato
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Jukichi Uno
- Taiji Tonomura
English
- 1964
- A
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