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"Onibaba:" for hardcore Kurosawa fans, only.

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A very dark portrait of the human spirit but, from what I've read of that period in Japanese history, an accurate one.
The three characters are cold-blooded murderers but in their defense it must be said that they are killing in order to survive: they steal from their victims (soldiers) and trade the spoils for needed grain.
It is the repetitiveness and oppressiveness of the film that lowers it. Are people really like this? Even in the worst of times, it is recorded that people still smile, joke, and attempt to lighten their burdens.
I could understand the dark tone if it had been made immediately after WW2 but, surprisingly, this savage film was made in 1964.

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Kaneto Shindo made Onibaba, not Kurosawa. - Donald 23:30:00 01/30/06 (3)
I'm only lukewarm on it.
- You're right. "Tinear, doing his best to continue on in the fine - tinear 05:34:42 01/31/06 (2)
  blog tradition of error, misinformation, and buffoonery."
  Unforgivable.
  I am sentencing myself to a long stroll in our local, alligator-infested grasslands.
  At least it answers the question I was asking myself for hours afterwards: why is this so different from his other films? ;-)
  - Just view Lost in Translation ten times, followed by the Groundhog Day. - Victor Khomenko 07:26:20 01/31/06 (1)
    That should bring you down to Earth.
    - Thank God you didn't include - tinear 07:27:31 01/31/06 (0)
      Razor's Edge!
Re: "Onibaba:" for hardcore Kurosawa fans, only. - Pam 21:20:13 01/30/06 (0)
Good film, but I liked Rashomon better. On a totally different note, Madadayo was a rather endearing film.

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