Onibaba15
In the marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law kill lost samurai and sell their belongings to survive. A neighbour returns from battle, and lust, jealousy and rage threaten to break the two women apart. A stolen demon mask seals their fate. Kaneto Shindo’s 1964 folk horror is driven by primal emotion, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stark black-and-white photography.
Hosted in partnership with Talking Movies Oxford, this one-off screening is presented on 35mm film, with a pre-screening introduction by Dr Alexander Jacoby of Oxford Brookes University.
Talking Movies Oxford are hosting a talk on Thursday 22nd Oxford at The Castle pub (Paradise St, Oxford OX1 1LD) entitled ‘Japanese Horror: Masked Demons, Feudal Fears, and Ghosts In The Machine’. Head over to their MeetUp page to sign-up: https://www.meetup.com/talking-movies-oxford/
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We showed Onibaba between October 10, 2026 and October 10, 2026.
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