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Title:
Onibaba [DVD] = Demon woman
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[DVD] = Janus Films ; produced by Hisao Itoya, Setsuo Noto, Tamotsu Minato ; original screenplay by Kaneto Shindo ; directed by Kaneto Shindo.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2004.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9780780027848
Series:
General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
Special features: new video interview with writer/director Kaneto Shindo ; rare footage provided by actor Kei Sato, shot on location during the filing of Onibaba ; original trailer ; stills gallery featuring production sketches and promotional art ; essay by Chuck Stephens ; filmmakers statement from Kaneto Shindo ; rare English translation of the original Buddhist fable that inspired the film.
Abstract:
An impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. In order to survive in feudal Japan, they are forced to murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain, then dump their corpses down a deep, dark hole.
Reading Level:
Not rated by MPAA.
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Added Corporate Author:
Variant Title:
Demon woman
Credits:
Cinematography, Kiyomi Kuroda ; editor, Toshio Enoki ; music, Hikaru Hayashi.
Performer:
Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama, Sensho Matsumoto, Kentaro Kaji, Hosui Araya.
Technical Details:
DVD.
Language:
In Japanese (mono) with optional English subtitles.