a film about lust and the societal and economical collapse that are rooted in war.
we never see any war but thats a good thing as the film uses its tall grass and water. the need for any companionship also grows when isolated, lust overtakes someone more and more. crops die, there is barely any food which needs huge sacrifices to get.
these people are in need for almost everything but its not available, the onibaba is a metaphorical beast thats there, it punishes the people, like the war as the mask was first seen on a samurai.(watch my feature film https://boxd.it/cQ1mBp )
Onibaba
The most daring film import ever...From Japan!
Rating
4.0 (1)
Release Date
11/21/1964Runtime
105 minsGenres
Overview
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
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JapaneseBudget
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A visceral descent into jealousy and desperation set in a haunted swamp, where a mother's possessiveness becomes as monstrous as the mask she wields. The film's stark black-and-white beauty masks something deeply disturbing beneath.
Mood
ParanoidUnsettlingMelancholicDread-soaked
Themes
SurvivalMortalityObsession
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
Black and whiteNaturalisticPainterly
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violenceBody horror
Nobuko Otowa
Woman
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Young Woman
Kei Satō
Hachi
Jūkichi Uno
The Samurai
Taiji Tonoyama
Ushi
Someshō Matsumoto
Runaway Warrior
Kentarô Kaji
Runaway Warrior
Fudeko Tanaka
Old Woman
Hiroyoshi Yamaguchi
Horse Riding Samurai
Hiroshi Tanaka
Horse Riding Samurai
Kanzō Uni
Horse Riding Samurai
Hosui Araya
Ushi's Follower
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