| Originaltitel: |
Onibaba
鬼婆 |
| Jahr: |
1964 |
| Produktionsland: |
Japan |
| Regie: |
Kaneto Shindô |
| Musik: |
Hikaru Hayashi |
| Kinobesucher BRD: |
2.588.000 |
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| Edition: |
Masters of Cinema #55 |
| Regionalcode: |
A, B, C  |
| dt. Altersfreigabe: |
FSK 16 |
| Laufzeit: |
102:29 Min. |
| Verpackung: |
Amaray Case |
| Bildformat: |
2.39 : 1 s/w |
| BD-Format: |
BD-50 |
| genutzter Platz: |
34,58 GB |
| mittlere Bilddatenrate: |
35,00 MBit/s |
| Video-Codec: |
MPEG-4/AVC |
| Veröffentlichung: |
25.02.2013 |
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| Kaufdatum: |
16.06.2016 |
| Kaufpreis: |
12,40 € (9,35 £) |
| Händler: |
Amazon.co.uk |
| Bewertung Film: |
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| Bewertung Blu-ray: |
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Kaneto Shindo, one of Japan s most prolific directors, received his biggest international success with the release of Onibaba [The Demoness] in 1964. Its depiction of violence and graphic sexuality was unprecedented at the time of release. Shindo managed - through his own production company Kindai Eiga Kyokai - to bypass the strict, self - regulated Japanese film industry and pave the way for such films as Yasuzo Masumura s Mojuu (1969) and Nagisa Oshima s In the Realm of the Senses (1976).
Onibaba [or Onibabaa, in its alternate spelling] is set during a brutal period in history, a Japan ravaged by civil war between rivaling shogunates. Weary from combat, samurai are drawn towards the seven - foot high susuki grass fields to hide and rest themselves, whereupon they are ambushed and murdered by a ruthless mother (Nobuko Otowa) and daughter - in - law (Jitsuko Yoshimura) team. The women throw the samurai bodies into a pit, and barter their armour and weapons for food. When Hachi (Kei Sato), a neighbour returning from the wars, brings bad news, he threatens the women s partnership.
Erotically charged and steeped in the symbolism and superstition of its Buddhist and Shinto roots, Kaneto Shindo s Onibaba is in part a modern parable on consumerism, a study of the destructiveness of sexual desire and - filmed within a claustrophobic sea of grass - one of the most striking and unique films of Japan's last half - century, winning Kiyomi Kuroda the Blue Ribbon Award for Cinematography in 1965. The memorably frenetic drumming soundtrack was scored by long - time Shindo collaborator Hikaru Hayashi. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Onibaba for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK. |
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