"Onibaba" looks good, but I didn't really get anything out of it. It also devotes more screentime to bare breasts than probably any '80s teen sex comedy, which is interesting for a black and white movie from the '60s.
The plot concerns two women, a mother and daughter-in-law, who kill and rob soldiers returning from the same war that their son and husband is away fighting in. There is a hole in the middle of the field they live by, and they coax the soldiers to their deaths at the bottom of the hole.
When a neighbour returns, he begins a relationship secretly with the younger murderess. The older one attempts to break them up. She meets a samurai wearing a demon mask, steals his mask, and then I kind of lost the plot.
The movie ends very abruptly, without really resolving anything. It's photographed well, and acted convincingly, and has transgressive themes that don't seem to take a moral stance on its horrible characters. There didn't seem to be enough story for its run-time, though, and when the movie tried to go all symbolic toward the end, I just couldn't be bothered.
The plot concerns two women, a mother and daughter-in-law, who kill and rob soldiers returning from the same war that their son and husband is away fighting in. There is a hole in the middle of the field they live by, and they coax the soldiers to their deaths at the bottom of the hole.
When a neighbour returns, he begins a relationship secretly with the younger murderess. The older one attempts to break them up. She meets a samurai wearing a demon mask, steals his mask, and then I kind of lost the plot.
The movie ends very abruptly, without really resolving anything. It's photographed well, and acted convincingly, and has transgressive themes that don't seem to take a moral stance on its horrible characters. There didn't seem to be enough story for its run-time, though, and when the movie tried to go all symbolic toward the end, I just couldn't be bothered.