--- product_id: 338036658 title: "Onibaba (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]" price: "SAR 188" currency: SAR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/338036658-onibaba-the-criterion-collection-blu-ray store_origin: SA region: Saudi Arabia --- # Onibaba (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] **Price:** SAR 188 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Onibaba (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] - **How much does it cost?** SAR 188 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.sa](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/338036658-onibaba-the-criterion-collection-blu-ray) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Deep in the windswept marshes of war-torn medieval Japan, an impoverished older woman and her daughter-in-law murder lost samurai and sell their belongings for the most meager of sustenance. When a bedraggled neighbor returns from battle, lust, jealousy, and rage threaten to destroy the trio’s tenuous existence, before an ominous, ill-gotten demon mask seals their horrifying fate. Driven by primal emotions, dark eroticism, a frenzied score by Hikaru Hayashi, and stunning images both lyrical and macabre, the chilling folktale Onibaba by Kaneto Shindo conjures a nightmarish vision of humankind’s deepest desires and impulses. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES Review: Great movie. - Great movie. Review: Classic Must-Watch Japanese Horror - An impressively dark, brutalist take on medieval Japan, but the film delivers brilliant, moving cinematography in spite of the subject matter. Poverty laid bare for all to see the best, and worst of humanity's basest instincts. There's constant displays of love and passion interspersed with lust, jealousy, and hatred. The ending is packed with powerful visual art, and a transcendent horror that, for days, lingers with the viewer. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Contributor | Darryl F. Zanuck, David Hempstead, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Jukichi Uno, Kaneto Shindo, Kei Sato, Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonomura, Taiji Tonoyama, Toshio Konya Contributor Darryl F. Zanuck, David Hempstead, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Jukichi Uno, Kaneto Shindo, Kei Sato, Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonomura, Taiji Tonoyama, Toshio Konya See more | | Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 804 Reviews | | Format | Blu-ray, Subtitled | | Genre | Horror | | Language | Japanese | | Runtime | 135 minutes | ## Product Details - **Format:** Blu-ray, Subtitled - **Genre:** Horror - **Language:** Japanese - **Runtime:** 135 minutes ## Images ![Onibaba (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71lxBJLvb6L.jpg) ![Onibaba (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/818TKO7+EfS.jpg) ![Onibaba (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/712S1zVy8OS.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great movie. *by H***N on April 11, 2026* Great movie. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Classic Must-Watch Japanese Horror *by A***. on October 28, 2024* An impressively dark, brutalist take on medieval Japan, but the film delivers brilliant, moving cinematography in spite of the subject matter. Poverty laid bare for all to see the best, and worst of humanity's basest instincts. There's constant displays of love and passion interspersed with lust, jealousy, and hatred. The ending is packed with powerful visual art, and a transcendent horror that, for days, lingers with the viewer. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Can You Dig it? *by A***K on October 18, 2006* The general belief that the 1960's was the ground-zero for massive sociological upheaval is one that generally forgets that that decade was almost half over by the time it became the era we remember it for. Until Lee Harvey Oswald's starting rifle ushered in the Love and Napalm dynasty, the first part of the 60's was really a 1950's hangover. Roughly speaking, `The 60's' only kicked in when the Beatles Landed in America in '64 and ended when the American's landed on the moon five years later. (Were they trying to tell us something?) The so called permissive society emerged from the cultural turbulence of a `swinging London', a `flowered up' San Francisco and a burning Saigon and, as the history books would have it, appeared to challenge everything. Overt sexual, pharmaceutical and political references in entertainment became de rigor and everyone, it seemed, were cutting-edge pioneers at the dawning of the Age of Aquarius. Meanwhile on the other side of the planet, and away from `the world', it was just another day at the office for director Kaneto Shindo when he released his haunting sex/death opus Onibaba. Onibaba (`Demon Hag') is based on a Buddhist fable and tells the story of an old woman and her young daughter-in-law during 14th century feudal Japan (or 16th, or 17th depending on who's website you use to check these things) who live in a seemingly endless swamp of high reeds and survive by murdering lost or renegade Samurai warriors. They strip their victims of their armour to sell for food then dispose of the bodies in a deep dark ominous hole. One day a masked stranger is passing and forces the old woman to help him find his way to Kyoto. She asks him why he hides his face behind a creepy demon-Noh mask and he tells her that he is so beautiful it would blind her to look at him. She tricks him by leading him to the hole where he falls in. Her curiosity gets the better of her and she climbs down into the hole littered with her rotting victims to see the man's `beautiful face' which turns out to be more Robin Williams than Robbie Williams. Disappointed, she takes the mask and uses it to disguise herself as a demon to scare her daughter-in-law away from the door of a man she is having an illicit affair with and who, she believes, will run away and leave her alone to fend for herself. The plan backfires when the mask clings to her face turning her into the demon she pretends to be. The hole is the key element here and is a constant presence throughout the film and seems to represent both the womb and the crypt; the entrance at which life and death pass each other to and from this world and the next. The old woman's desperate venture into the hole for a glimpse of beauty mirrors her hope that perhaps there is still some vestige of beauty within her. Her discovery reveals there isn't, thus setting in motion her `girl who cried demon' comeuppance. Onibaba's psychosexual symbolism and nudity is treated in an offhand manner, unlike western movies of the period which would, if only they could, have turned this into the films primary selling point. Onibaba rendered the `progressive free West' way behind the game in terms of what was `happening' in an age where taboos were supposed to have been broken every ten minutes. Onibaba was immediately banned on its release in the U.K and only given an `X' certificate in 1968 with cuts. It would be 1994 before we were considered grown up enough to see the uncut version. So much for the `let it all hang out' generation's brave new world. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/338036658-onibaba-the-criterion-collection-blu-ray](https://www.desertcart.com.sa/products/338036658-onibaba-the-criterion-collection-blu-ray) --- *Product available on Desertcart Saudi Arabia* *Store origin: SA* *Last updated: 2026-06-02*