Onibaba
E824156
Onibaba is a 1964 Japanese horror film by Kaneto Shindō, renowned for its stark black-and-white imagery and allegorical tale of survival, violence, and desire set in medieval rural Japan.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese horror film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | Buddhist parable about a demon mask ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Kiyomi Kuroda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| criticalReception | acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Kaneto Shindō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Toho NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Hisao Enoki NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| festivalScreening | Venice Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | Chiba Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
art film
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horror film ⓘ period drama film ⓘ psychological horror film ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Hachi
NERFINISHED
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older woman ⓘ younger daughter-in-law ⓘ |
| homeMediaRelease |
Criterion Collection Blu-ray
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Criterion Collection DVD NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Japanese horror cinema ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hikaru Hayashi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | two women surviving by killing lost samurai ⓘ |
| notableFor |
allegorical storytelling
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stark black-and-white imagery ⓘ use of Noh-inspired demon mask ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Japanese ⓘ |
| originalTitle | 鬼婆 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereEvent | 1964 Venice Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Kindai Eiga Kyokai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1964 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 103 ⓘ |
| screenwriter | Kaneto Shindō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Muromachi period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
reed-filled marsh
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rural Japan ⓘ |
| settingTime | medieval Japan ⓘ |
| stars |
Jitsuko Yoshimura
NERFINISHED
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Jūkichi Uno NERFINISHED ⓘ Kei Satō NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobuko Otowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
jealousy
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moral corruption ⓘ sexual desire ⓘ survival ⓘ violence ⓘ war ⓘ |
| title | Onibaba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Kaneto Shindō NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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