Onibaba Demon woman / Janus Films ; produced by Hisao Itoya, Setsuo Noto, Tamotsu Minato ; original screenplay by Kaneto Shindo ; directed by Kaneto Shindo.
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.
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Japanese English |
| Published: | [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2004] |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. 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. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD, widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1) |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Kiyomi Kuroda ; editor, Toshio Enoki ; music, Hikaru Hayashi. |
| ISBN: | 0780027841 9780780027848 |
| FOLIO Link: | View instance in FOLIO |