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Kuroneko
Beware what lurks in the bamboo forest craving the blood of samurai!
Beware what lurks in the bamboo forest craving the blood of samurai!
Drama, Fantasy, Horror - 1968
Kuroneko
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In the Sengoku period, a woman and her daughter are raped and murdered by soldiers during a time of civil war. Afterwards, a series of samurai returning from the war through that area are found mysteriously dead with their throats torn out. The governor calls in a wild and fierce young hero to quell what is evidently an Onryō ghost.
Director:
,
Kaneto Shindō
Cast:
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Nobuko Otowa
,
Kei Satō
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Taiji Tonoyama
,
Kichiemon Nakamura II
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Rokkō Toura
,
Kiwako Taichi

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Details

Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
24 Feb 1968
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
An eerie, meticulously plotted samurai ghost story full of gorgeous visual flourishes.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
3 Mar 2011
fresh:
Shindo's evocation of the central haunted bamboo grove is all night shadows and luminescent mist.
– Michael Atkinson,
L.A. Weekly,
18 Nov 2010
fresh:
There's a witchy, atmospheric timelessness to the movie that extends well past the unadorned sets.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
28 Oct 2010
fresh:
A ghost story that's more eerie than unnerving, and often hauntingly lovely.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
21 Oct 2010
fresh:
Nippo-Gothic horror fables have a long tradition of proto-feminist outrage... Kaneto Shindo's Kuroneko may take the cake.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
21 Oct 2010
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