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Title:
Onibaba [DVD video] /director, Kaneto Shindo.
Publication Date:
2004
Publication Information:
[United States] : Homevision, 2004.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Abstract:
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 they dump their corpses down a deep, dark hole.
General Note:
Videodisc release of the 1964 Japanese motion picture.
Special features: new video interview with writer/director Kaneto Shindo, rare 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, filmmaker's statement from Kaneto Shindo, rare English translation of the original Buddhist fable that inspired the film.
Performers:
Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama, Sensho Matsumoto, Kentaro Kaji, Hosui Araya.
Technical Details:
DVD.
Subject Term:
Genre:
Language:
Japanese
Additional Language:
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
