Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Demon woman
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| Other authors / contributors: | Shindō, Kaneto, 1912-2012
Itoya, Hisao.
Noto, Setsuo.
Minato, Tamotsu.
Otowa, Nobuko, 1924-1994
Yoshimura, Jitsuko, 1943-
Satō, Kei, 1928-2010
Uno, Jūkichi, 1914-1988.
Tonoyama, Taiji, 1915-1989.
Matsumoto, Somesho.
Kaji, Kentaro.
Araya, Hosui.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN: | 0780027841
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| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1964.
Widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
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.
Cinematography, Kiyomi Kuroda ; editor, Toshio Enoki ; music, Hikaru Hayashi.
Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato, Jukichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama, Sensho Matsumoto, Kentaro Kaji, Hosui Araya.
DVD.
In Japanese (mono) with optional English subtitles.
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| 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.
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| Target Audience: | Not rated by MPAA.
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| Standard no.: | 037429185827
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| Publisher's no.: | ONI030 Criterion Collection
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