Review of Onibaba (1964) by Burton — 29 Nov 2007

Delightfully nihilistic festival of cynicism.

This review of Onibaba (1964) was written by Burton on 29 Nov 2007.

Onibaba has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Andy C (1,868) on 22 Aug 2012

Well, that was different. But I still remember it pretty well a few months later, so it must be doing something right…

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