OniBaba ---> Demon Hag

Today I went to the Japanese Film Festival at the SG National Museum to watch this film called 'Onibaba'. My gym buddy and I rushed like mad to the 2pm show from Bugis gym to Dhoby Ghaut. It was really like 'Amazing Race' and we were not very sure of the place. Hahaha.. We 'mandi kerbau' after our Steps class finish at 1:20pm and dashed our way there. Luckily, still make it in time but missed about 10 mins of the show. Didn't missed much though...

ONIBABA

Here's the synopsis from the 'Japanese Film Festival' website.
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In a war-torn 14th century Japan, a woman and her daughter-in-law eke out their living by ambushing worn-out fleeing warriors, killing them and selling their belongings. The woman begins to mistrust her daughter-in-law who couples up with a deserter. Obsessed with jealousy and the fear that the younger woman would leave her, she schemes to keep the younger woman by her side by wearing a demonic mask to scare the couple. To her horror, the mask becomes securely stuck to her face and her attempts to remove it result in the greatest horror of all. Partially based on the legends of onibaba (demon-hag), the film tells a dynamic story of unrestrained desires and instincts.
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My friend actually find some of the scenes pretty disturbing BUT it didn't really have much impact on me. I find it really funny though... the way they film some parts of the show. The show really shows how desperate one can be across time in certain situations. Human can be pretty violent in order to survive and protect themselves.

I guess everyone would have different feelings while watching the show. It's like different people would just interpret things differently while looking at the same thing or reading the same book. = )

** backlog in a lot of things... haven't been blogging much, HW piling up, room super-messy, lots of photos not sorted, slacking in running.... = (