Onibaba - Criterion Collection DVD
Criterion
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Darsteller:
Release:
09.03.2004
Laufzeit:
103 Minuten
FSK:
ab 18 Jahre
Mehr Infos:
Bild:
2,35:1
Ton:
Dolby Surround
Sprache:
Japanisch
Land:
Japan
Jahr:
1964
Onibaba - Criterion Collection
Deep within the wind-swept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. Forced to murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain, they dump the corpses down a deep, dark hole and live off of their meager spoils. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from the skirmishes, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio’s tenuous existence, before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals the trio’s horrifying fate. Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, Kaneto Shindo’s chilling folktale Onibaba is a singular cinematic experience.