Horror Extravaganza / Free for everyone! Deep within the wind-swept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished mother and her daughter-in-law eke out a lonely, desperate existence. Forced to murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for grain, they dump the corpses down a deep, dark hole and live off of their meager spoils. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from the skirmishes, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio’s tenuous existence before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals the trio’s horrifying fate. Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, Kaneto Shindo’s chilling folktale Onibaba is a singular cinematic experience.
(Kaneto Shindō, Japan, 1964, Japanese w/ Eng sub, 102 min, BluRay)
Event Venue
2200 E Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53211, Milwaukee, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53211