movie poster for ONIBABA

Flicks ID

4914

Cert

15

Running time

100 mins

Country

Format

DVD

ONIBABA (1964)

KANETO SHINDO

Plot

A weird story, based on legend, about a mother and her daughter-in-law who survived in times of hardship by murdering Samurai and selling their armour to buy rice. A wonderfully strange and visually striking Japanese folk tale, unusual in itself, but also a beautiful and detailed character study.