Criterion has announced they will be releasing the Japanese horror classic ONIBABA (1964) to Blu-ray on October 5, 2021.
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Description and special feature listings courtesy of Criterion:
Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio’s tenuous existence, before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate. Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, the chilling folktale Onibaba by Kaneto Shindo conjures a nightmarish vision of humankind’s deepest desires and impulses.
Film Info:
1964
102 minutes
Black & White
2.39:1
Spine #226
Blu-ray Special Features:
-Restored high-definition transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
-Audio commentary from 2001 featuring director Kaneto Shindo and actors Kei Sato and Jitsuko Yoshimura
-Interview from 2003 with Shindo
-On-location footage shot by Sato
-Trailer
-Filmmaker’s statement from writer/director Kaneto Shindo
-English subtitle translation
-PLUS: An essay by film critic Elena Lazic, a 2001 director’s statement by Shindo, and a version of the Buddhist fable that inspired the film
Blu-ray cover illustration by Edward Kinsella
Sources: The Criterion Collection website and Facebook page
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