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Onibaba (Devil Woman) (1964)

Genre: Horror
Director: Kaneto Shindô
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (.srt file)
Aspect Ratio: Cinemascope 2.35:1
Length: 102mn
File: Dvdrip Xvid Avi - 704x304 - 23fps - 1.36gb

Description:
After being forcefully inducted as a soldier into war in 14th century Japan, his wife and mother remain living in a swamp. They eke out their living by ambushing worn-out warriors, killing them and selling their belongings to a greedy merchant. The woman comes to mistrust her daughter-in-law who has coupled up with a deserter, and begins to wear a facial mask she has taken from a slain samurai. Soon the mask will not come off again. In this disguise she is at first taken for a demon by her daughter.

Director Kaneto Shindo's ONIBABA is a fantastic, rich, atmospheric horror film set in an amazing rural location. Its influence on decades of rural-set genre pics is undeniable. In a medieval, warring Japan, a wild, young woman and her mother-in-law rob and kill lost samurai in order to survive. Problems begin when the younger woman becomes involved with an intended victim. Staged in a rural world of tall, swaying grass and swollen rivers, the film contains little dialogue and little exposition. It relies heavily on the non-verbal performances of the female leads and the superbly conveyed location. It is erotic, creepy, sensual, savage and beautiful. Cinematic poetry.

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058430/