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"Onibaba - Die Töterinnen / Onibaba" [J 1964, Kaneto Shindô]

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Die DVD soll am 18. Juli 2005 veröffentlicht werden und einen Audiokommentar von Regisseur Kaneto Shindo und den Darstellern Kei Sato und Jitsuko Yoshimura enthalten. Außerdem wird das Super-8-Material von Kei Sato vorhanden sein, das schon auf der Criterion-DVD zu finden ist.
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"Onibaba - Die Töterinnen / Onibaba" [J 1964, Kaneto Shindô]

Kaneto Shindo, one of Japan's most prolific directors, received his biggest international success with the release of Onibaba in 1964. Its depiction of violence and graphic sexuality was unprecedented at the time of release. Shindo managed — through his own production company Kindai Eiga Kyokai — to bypass the strict, self-regulated Japanese film industry and pave the way for such films as Yasuzo Masumura's Mojuu (1969) and Nagisa Oshima's Ai no corrida (1976).

Onibaba is set during a brutal period in history, a Japan ravaged by civil war between rivaling shogunates. Weary from combat, samurai are drawn towards the seven-foot high susuki grass fields to hide and rest themselves, whereupon they are ambushed and murdered by a ruthless mother (Nobuko Otowa) and daughter-in-law (Jitsuko Yoshimura) team. The women throw the samurai bodies into a pit, and barter their armour and weapons for food. When Hachi (Kei Sato), a neighbour returning from the wars, brings bad news, he threatens the women's partnership.

Erotically charged and steeped in the symbolism and superstition of its Buddhist and Shinto roots, Kaneto Shindo's Onibaba is in part a modern parable on consumerism, a study of the destructiveness of sexual desire and — filmed within a claustrophobic sea of grass — one of the most striking and unique films of the last century, winning Kiyomi Kuroda the Blue Ribbon Award for Cinematography in 1965. The memorably frenetic drumming soundtrack was scored by long-time Shindo collaborator Hikaru Hayashi. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this major work in all its newly restored glory for the first time on DVD in the UK.

S P E C I A L F E A T U R E S

- Newly restored high-definition transfer, anamorphic 2.35:1 OAR
- Full-length director's audio commentary by director Kaneto Shindo and the stars of the film, Kei Sato, and Jitsuko Yoshimura
- Video introduction by Alex Cox
- 8mm footage (40-minutes) shot on location by lead actor Kei Sato
- Optional English subtitles (new translation)
- Production stills gallery
- 24-page booklet with a new essay by Doug Cummings, and more...
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Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
--- Orson Welles

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Der letzte mit bekannte Termin war der 18. Juli 2005. Laut Play.com erscheint die DVD jetzt erst am 22. August 2005.
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Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
--- Orson Welles

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Vergleich der DVDs von MoC, Criterion und Asmik bei DVDBeaver.

Die MoC-Disc hat gegenüber der Criterion die Nase vorne. Besseres Bild und ein Audiokommentar. Dafür kann die US-DVD ein Video-Interview mit Kaneto Shindo bieten.
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Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
--- Orson Welles