Onibaba (1964)
Directed by Kaneto Shindō · Cinematography by Kiyomi Kuroda
103 min59 frames
Horror
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Onibaba — official trailer
What is Onibaba about?
While her son, Kichi, is away at war, a woman and her daughter-in-law survive by killing samurai who stray into their swamp, then selling whatever valuables they find. Both are devastated when they learn that Kichi has died, but his wife soon begins an affair with a neighbor who survived the war, Hachi. The mother disapproves and, when she can't steal Hachi for herself, tries to scare her daughter-in-law with a mysterious mask from a dead samurai.
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What does the cinematography of Onibaba look like?
Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of Onibaba leans on close-ups (47% of the sample) and medium shots (22%). Cinematographer Kiyomi Kuroda keeps 49% of it in hard-edged, chiaroscuro light. Night and dusk account for 51% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 68% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Onibaba?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Onibaba (1964) are #040404, #2d2d2d, #fdfdfd, #8b8b8b, #494949, #6f6f6f — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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