鬼婆
"The most daring film import ever...From Japan!"
Director: Kaneto Shindō
Cast: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura, Kei Satō, Jūkichi Uno, Taiji Tonoyama
Onibaba — Movie Quotes
Memorable Quotes
I'mnotademon!I'mahumanbeing!
Context
Screamed repeatedly during the film's climax as the horribly disfigured woman chases her terrified daughter-in-law through the grass.
Meaning
Thisisthetragicthesisofthefilm, declaringthatthetruemonstersaresimplyhumanswhohavebeendeformedbydesperatecircumstances[1.1].
The hole … Deep and dark … A dark passageway from ancient times to the present.
Context
Shown early in the film to introduce the foreboding pit where the victims' bodies are unceremoniously dumped.
Meaning
It elevates the pit from a mere geographical feature to a mythic symbol of eternal human sin, greed, and death.
If my son's dead, she's all I've got! I can't get along alone. I couldn't even kill! Take her and I'll starve!
Context
Pleading desperately with Hachi to end his affair and leave her daughter-in-law alone.
Meaning
This lays bare the pathetic, terrifying truth behind her actions. Her intense jealousy is fundamentally rooted in the absolute terror of starvation.
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