Onibaba (1964)

Two women find themselves in an extreme situation while trying to survive alone during a fourteenth Century Japanese civil war.
A remarkable film that isn't just a tale of hardship; over the course of the story the ugliness in a person’s soul comes to the surface, culminating in some truly chilling scenes that resemble a theatrical horror movie.
The minimalistic application of music is comparably haunting.
From beginning to end the black and white cinematography is a thing of polished beauty, even when it's depicting the opposite.
Onibaba is an extremely influential, highly engaging and deeply profound work filled with questions philosophers have been debating for centuries.

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