Basic Information
Region
:
2
Video
:
Pal
Letterbox
Audio
:
Stereo: Japanese
Subtitles
:
Spanish
Rating
:
18
Launch date
:
4/25/2001
Synopsis
A sinister mood pervades Kaneto Shindos (The Island) chilling folk tale set in medieval Japan. Amidst bloody upheavals between warlords and peasants, two women survive by ambushing soldiers, then selling their armor. Living by instinct alone, the women -a war widow and her mother-in-law- are locked in a murderous partnership until the younger woman begins an affair with her husbands friend. Shindo juxtaposes images of the couples hungry embraces, with the older womans frenzied attempts to come between them. By donning a demons mask, she hopes to frighten her daughter-in-law, but succeeds only in sinking further into the heart of darkness. Nobuko Otowa is brilliant as the old woman, striking out against men in a mans world. Shot in a sea of giant reeds, and accompanied by an insistent drum beat, Onibaba builds horrifying suspense from the first frame to the last.
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