SUN APR 5, 2026 1:00 PM

Addison Heimann Presents ONIBABA

$10.00 (member) ; $15.00 (general admission)

Los Feliz 3 | Introduction by filmmaker Addison Heimann

‘Sunday Print Edition’

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  • RELEASED IN: 1964
  • 112 MINUTES
  • DIRECTED BY: Kaneto Shindo

ABOUT THE FILM:

In Japanese with English subtitles.

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.

FORMAT: 35mm

DISTRIBUTOR: Janus Films

COUNTRY: Japan