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偷懒直接黏贴来看完后发给某腐国电影友的简短推荐：

…… But the biggest surprise of this week was Onibaba (1964). I perhaps would never watch it if a friend hadn’t picked it out, because I thought it would just be another very Japanese (and Kwaidan-like) drama about an old female demon as “Oni” means “demon” in Japanese, and “baba” means “an old woman”. But turns out it was just all too human, and the tiny, little, but nonetheless critical, supernatural factor appears in a most unexpected way. To be honest, I enjoyed none of Ozu’s films, and very few of Kurosawa’s (and definitely bored by Kwaidan and Gate of the Hell), but enjoyed Onibaba literally from the beginning to the end; it kept surprising me, even to the last second... But since the friend who brought it to my attention seemed to have only enjoyed it as, perhaps, 65% as I had, and didn’t get some key metaphors and part of the causality, which seemed quite straightforward to me (and I think also to anyone familiar with traditional Chinese/Japanese culture), so I cannot help wondering whether it is mainly due to this cultural barrier that this film is not as popular as those I mentioned above among the western audiences... (and I believe the friend knows much more about Japanese philosophy and supernatural stories than most Brits) Anyway, strongly recommend. And do tell me your thoughts if you watched it someday ;)

打光布景还有大部分电影专业术语描述技术层面的本业余爱好者就不评论了。总之—— a must-see……