Onibaba (1964)
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Reviews Counted:11
Fresh:9
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.6/10
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. ... [More]
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Reviews for Onibaba
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the horror of war and the horror of untrammeled market forces combine in a nightmarish vision of humanity bestialised. Full Review |
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3/4 |
One of the absolute peaks of atmospheric black-and-white horror. Full Review |
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Too often, it turns out to be a pot-pourri of ravenous eating and blatant sex. Full Review |
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No masterpiece by any means, it's at times overplayed, but it's striking visually, handling swift horizontal movement very well. It's also genuinely erotic. Full Review |
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3/5 |
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2.5/5 |
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. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Classic. Shows less interest in laying bare its meanings than in evoking the viewers’ meditations on life, existence (a different thing), and whatever lies below. Full Review |
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B+ |
Interesting as a claustrophobic vision. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
Time enough has passed to qualify the uniquely spare look of Onibaba classic Full Review |
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Onibaba graphically illustrates that brutalism, art and allegory can co-exist to spellbindingly powerful effect. Full Review |
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A creepy, interesting, and visually striking 1963 feature by Kaneto Shindo. Full Review |
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