Too often, it turns out to be a pot-pourri of ravenous eating and blatant sex.
Onibaba (1964)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:1
Rotten:2
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Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Foreign Films
Synopsis: From the mind of Kaneto Shindo comes ONIBABA, a haunting folk nightmare.In medieval Japan, a peasant woman and her daughter stay alive by murdering stray soldiers and selling their armor for food. ... From the mind of Kaneto Shindo comes ONIBABA, a haunting folk nightmare.In medieval Japan, a peasant woman and her daughter stay alive by murdering stray soldiers and selling their armor for food. A crafty warrior saves his life by seducing the daughter - until the mother's witchcraft exacts her revenge. A truly original film, Shindo's stark, erotic vision will stick in viewer's heads for days. [More]
Starring: Nobuko Otawa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato
Starring: Nobuko Otawa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato
Director: Kaneto Shindo
Director: Kaneto Shindo
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Reviews for Onibaba
Although his artistic integrity remains untarnished, his driven rustic principals are exotic, sometimes grotesque figures out of medieval Japan, to whom a Westerner finds it hard to relate.
A creepy, interesting, and visually striking 1963 feature by Kaneto Shindo.
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