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Actors: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Sato
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Onibaba |
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ONIBABA is a movie written and directed by Kaneto Shindō in 1964.
A woman and her daughter-in-law live in a hut in the middle of the prairie. The only man of the house has been enlisted in the army and both women can only survive by killing stray samurais, stripping them of their arms and selling them to a local dealer.
One day, their only neighbour Hachi comes back from the war and announces to them that their son and husband is dead. A few days later, the young woman accepts Hachi's advances and both lovers meet every night while the old woman is sleeping. But she soon discovers the lovers's ploy.
The old woman starts to panic because she's persuaded that she will be left alone and starve to death. She will use threats, make the young woman feel guilty and finally try to scare her in order to break her relationship with Hachi.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Onibaba |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- middle ages
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- matchbreaker interference
Struggle with:
- In-laws
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Poverty story?
Yes
Poverty plotlets:
- coping with poverty (general)
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- farmer
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair type
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- farmer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- (man) average
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Asia/Pacific/Middle East
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
Prairie?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- licking
- seeing breasts
- seeing nude female butt
- sex under blankets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Japanese
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- None
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