Onibaba  Demon woman /  [videorecording] = 
 Demon woman. 

 - [Irvington, NY] :  Criterion Collection,  [2004] 
 - 1 videodisc (103 min.) :  sound, black and white ;  4 3/4 in. 
 - The Criterion collection ;  226. .
 - Criterion collection ;  226. .
<br/><br/> Originally produced as a motion picture in 1964.  Special features: new video interview with writer/director Kaneto Shindo ; rare footage provided by actor Kei Sato, shot on location during the filing of Onibaba ; original trailer ; stills gallery featuring production sketches and promotional art ; essay by Chuck Stephens ; filmmakers statement from Kaneto Shindo ; rare English translation of the original Buddhist fable that inspired the film. 
<br/><br/>Cinematography, Kiyomi Kuroda ; editor, Toshio Enoki ; music, Hikaru Hayashi.  Cinematography, Kiyomi Kuroda ; editor, Toshio Enoki ; music, Hikaru Hayashi. 
<br/><br/>Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama, Sensho Matsumoto, Kentaro Kaji, Hosui Araya. 
<br/><br/> An impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. In order to survive in feudal Japan, they are forced to murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain, then dump their corpses down a deep, dark hole. 
<br/><br/> Not rated by MPAA. 
<br/><br/><br/>DVD, widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1). 
<br/><br/><br/>In Japanese (mono) with optional English subtitles. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0780027841 9780780027848 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>037429185827 
<br/><br/><label>Publisher. No.: </label>ONI030  Criterion Collection 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> Midwest Tapes  http://www.midwesttapes.com 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Samurai--Drama.<br/>Murder--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Japan--Drama.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Feature films.<br/>Horror films.<br/>Fiction films.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1997  / .O6 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>791.43/72