Onibaba 鬼婆 (Demon Hag) (1964) (Blu Ray) (Criterion Collection) (English Subtitles) (US Version)
Onibaba 鬼婆 (Demon Hag) (1964) (Blu Ray) (Criterion Collection) (English Subtitles) (US Version)
Blu-ray Region Code: A - Americas (North, Central and South except French Guiana), Korea, Japan, South East Asia (including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) What is it?
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English
Country of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: [HD] High Definition What is it?
Disc Format(s): Blu-ray
Screen Resolution: 1080p (1920 x 1080 progressive scan)
Kaneto Shindo’s chilling, darkly erotic folktale about human violence and desperation in war-torn medieval Japan
Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, 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, the chilling folktale Onibaba by Kaneto Shindo conjures a nightmarish vision of humankind’s deepest desires and impulses.
Special Edition Features
- Restored high-definition transfer
- Audio commentary featuring director Kaneto Shindo and actors Kei Sato and Jitsuko Yoshimura
- Interview from 2003 with Shindo
- On-location footage shot by Sato
- Trailer
Description
Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, 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, the chilling folktale Onibaba by Kaneto Shindo conjures a nightmarish vision of humankind’s deepest desires and impulses.
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- • Restored high-definition transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- • Audio commentary from 2001 featuring director Kaneto Shindo and actors Kei Sato and Jitsuko Yoshimura
- • Interview from 2003 with Shindo
- • On-location footage shot by Sato
- • Trailer
- • PLUS: An essay by film critic Elena Lazic, a 2001 director’s statement by Shindo, and a version of the Buddhist fable that inspired the film
Product information
| Number of discs | 1 |
|---|---|
| Media Format | Blu-ray, Subtitled |
| Actors | Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Taiji Tonoyama, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno |
| Studio | The Criterion Collection |
| Release date | October 5, 2021 |
