captainofbeef
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Post by captainofbeef on Apr 24, 2006 10:50:53 GMT -5
 - New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound and enhanced for widescreen televisions - New video interview with writer/director Kaneto Shindo - Rare super-8 black & white and color footage provided by actor Kei Sato, shot on location during the filming of Onibaba - Original trailer - Stills gallery featuring production sketches and promotional art - New essay by Chuck Stephens, noted critic and scholar of Asian cinema - Rare English translation of the original short Buddhist fable that inspired the film - Filmmaker’s statement from Kaneto Shindo - New and improved English subtitle translation - Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition |
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Post by lordofdance on Dec 16, 2006 1:50:05 GMT -5
A cynical, gritty film about two women in feudal Japan who survive by stealing the armor and weapons off of dead and dying samurai. When a soldier comes back from battle and joins up with them, things get complicated. While I believe that Onibaba is technically considered a horror movie, most of it plays like a really downbeat soap opera dealing with desperation and hopelessness. When the horror aspect does finally kick in, though, it's fairly gutwrenching.
Onibaba isn't scary so much as it's disturbing, and even a little sad. The characters are all lacking in morality, so there isn't anybody to root for, exactly. The viewer gets to sit back and watch them eat away at each other, which is entertaining in its own grim way.
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