Onibaba [Japanese]

Starring: Otowa, Nobuko

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 their 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.

• Format: DVD
• Language: Japanese
• UPC: 037429185827
• Release Date: January 2004
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Criterion/ Distribution S
• Director: Shindo, Kaneto
• Starring: Otowa, Nobuko
• Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"