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鬼婆 [videorecording] = Demon woman /

Onibaba [videorecording] = Demon woman /

新藤兼人, 絲屋寿雄. 能登節雄. 湊保. 乙羽信子, 佐藤慶, 宇野重吉, 近代映画協会. Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: ONI030 | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Japanese Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 226.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2004]Description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0780027841
  • 9780780027848
Other title:
  • Demon woman
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .O6 2004
Production credits:
  • Cinematography, Kiyomi Kuroda ; editor, Toshio Enoki ; music, Hikaru Hayashi.
Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama, Sensho Matsumoto, Kentaro Kaji, Hosui Araya.Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 0724 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050096333

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.

Not rated by MPAA.

DVD, widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1).

In Japanese (mono) with optional English subtitles.

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