Onibaba1964
Paired by the Criterion Channel, both picked by Jennifer Kent in the Criterion Closet, both on Guillermo del Toro’s Top 10, both directed by Kaneto Shindō, and both starring Kei Satō, Nobuko Otowa and Taiji Tonoyama
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №584
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Synopsis
In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. When a military hero is sent to dispatch the unseen force, he finds that he must struggle with his own personal demons as well. From Kaneto Shindo, director of the terror classic ONIBABA, KURONEKO (BLACK CAT) is a spectacularly eerie twilight tale with a shocking feminist angle, evoked through ghostly special effects and exquisite cinematography.
