HIDEO KOJIMA ON "ONIBABA": "I WATCHED THIS AT NIGHT AS A KID AND IT SHOCKED ME."
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on 1968 Czech movie poster for Japanese director Kaneto Shindo's acclaimed 1964 folktale-inspired horror film "Onibaba." Artwork by Hermina Melicharova.
EXTRA INFO: A shot of Mexican film director/writer/producer Guillermo Del Toro & video game designer/auteur Hideo Kojima at the D.I.C.E. Summit 2016 & 19th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, Las Vegas, NV, and concept art for the kaiju nicknamed "Onibaba" for 2013's "Pacific Rim," artwork by Kevin Thompson.
"Again, I watched this at night as a kid and it shocked me," he said, before he recalled discussing Kaneto Shindo's folk-horror set in medieval Japan with Guillermo Del Toro when they met for the first time. He added, "He loves this film as well. There's a monster called Onibaba in "Pacific Rim.""
-- IGN, "Notorious Film Nerd Hideo Kojima Reveals His Criterion Collection Picks," published September 20, 2023
Sources: http://blog.keiththompsonart.com/2013/07/kaiju-onibaba.html, IGN, Washington Times, Pinterest, various, etc...
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Onibaba (1964) | dir. Kaneto Shindō
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Tow horror films by Kaneto Shindo.
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鬼婆 / Onibaba (1964) - Kaneto Shindo
Once it's dark, it can't get any darker.
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Onibaba (1964) dir. Kaneto Shindo + Ringu (1998) dir. Hideo Nakata
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Onibaba (1964) poster - Artist: Takato Yamamoto
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