A Mulher Demónio

A Mulher Demónio (1964)

鬼婆

Enquanto o seu filho, Kichi, está na guerra, uma mulher e a sua nora sobrevivem matando samurais que se desviam para o seu pântano, vendendo depois os objectos de valor que encontram. Ambas ficam devastadas quando descobrem que Kichi morreu, mas a sua esposa logo começa um caso com um vizinho que sobreviveu à guerra, Hachi. A mãe desaprova e, quando não consegue roubar Hachi para si, tenta assustar a nora com uma misteriosa máscara de um samurai morto.

Data de estreia
1964-11-21
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (510)
Duração
1 h 45 min
Géneros
Terror
Realizador
新藤兼人

Elenco

Curiosidades

Onibaba is a 1964 Japanese period horror film written and directed by Kaneto Shindō. Set during a civil war in medieval Japan, it stars Nobuko Otowa and Jitsuko Yoshimura as two women who kill infighting soldiers to steal their armor and possessions for survival, while Kei Satō plays the man who ultimately comes between them.

Production

Onibaba was inspired by the Shin Buddhist parable of yome-odoshi-no men (嫁おどしの面; bride-scaring mask) or niku-zuki-no-men (肉付きの面; "flesh-fused" or "flesh-bound" mask), in which a mother-in-law, resenting her daughter-in-law's nightly visits to a temple to hear Buddhist sermons, puts on a demon mask to frighten her on the road. As punishment, the mask sticks fast, and when it finally comes away, it takes the skin of her face with it.

In a 2003 interview for the Criterion Collection, Shindo said that the mask's effect on its wearer symbolizes the disfigurement of victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and that the film reflects the trauma the bombings left on postwar Japanese society.

Most of the cast consisted of members of Shindo's regular group of performers, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satō, Taiji Tonoyama, and Jūkichi Uno. This was Jitsuko Yoshimura's only appearance in a Shindo film. The two women do not have names even in the script, but are merely described as "middle-aged woman" and "young woman".

In a 2003 interview for the Criterion Collection, Kaneto Shindo said he wanted to film Onibaba in a field of susuki grass, and sent assistant directors to find a location. Once a location was found near a river bank at Lake Inba (Inba-numa) in Chiba Prefecture, they put up prefabricated buildings to live in. Filming started on 30 June 1964, and continued for three months.

They had a rule that if somebody left they would not get any pay, to keep the crew motivated to continue. Shindo included dramatized scenes of the dissatisfaction on the set as part of the 2000 film By Player.

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