Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Onibaba by Kaneto Shindo 1964


During a time of brutal and grueling civil war, when farmers cannot even tend to their fields, two women survive by killing lost samurai and selling their swords and armor.  This is a very dark, elemental, pessimistic film in which life is stripped down to its Schopenhauerian essentials.  It's a pretty raw movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQOBI0ixNFI

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