Onibaba

“Onibaba, a very special film. In fact, I wanted to remake it but I even got the rights for a while but I couldn't find a way to do it because it's so specific to its time and I felt like anytime I tried to put a spin on it I ruined the source material so I couldn't do that.”

“I saw somewhere here Kaneto Shindo's other film Onibaba. It's very well known, but Kuroneko is maybe lesser known and it's the most haunting, sort of spine-chilling ghost story... So I'll take both those.”

“I'm going to drop a name now by Benicio introduced me Kaneto Shindo. He did the commentary on Naked Island and he gave me that movie as a present and I loved it. I loved it because of the simplicity of it and the visuals of it are insane you know about this family going taking water and food to the island and all that so I love it so I haven't seen this one but you know I want to explore more of Shindo.”

“Onibaba, this film I recommend a lot. It's so beautiful. It's a horror film but it's erotic and super simple with nothing. And I have been all my life in love of Kabuki, no, Noh theater. So this is for my bag.”

“[Translated] And Kaneto Shindo's Onibaba. I saw this at night as a child and was surprised. Kaneto Shindo's wife, Nobuko Otowa, plays Onibaba. When I first met Guillermo del Toro, we talked about Onibaba. He loves it too. The Kaiju named Onibaba in Pacific Rim comes from this Onibaba. It's very rare, and not on Blu-ray in Japan, so please watch it.”