cgearheart Review of Onibaba

Onibaba (1964)

Haunting, mysterious, and erotic; the ending left a lot to be desired

[6/10 · 12 December 2018]

A visually captivating film with breathtaking and haunting imagery (I can imagine Terrance Malick taking a lot of inspiration from the cinematography). The message is interesting, sending a sort of "you reap what you sew" type moral. The flaws of Onibaba is that the characters aren't very interesting (or even that likable) and the ending is incredibly anticlimactic, feeling quite secondary and forgettable to the imagery being displayed.