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Kuroneko
Beware the haunted women who lurk in the bamboo forest as black cats craving the blood of samurai!
Beware the haunted women who lurk in the bamboo forest as black cats ...
Fantasy, Horror - 1968
Kuroneko
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7.8
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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. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
Director:
,
Kaneto Shindō
Cast:
,
Nobuko Otowa
,
Kei Satō
,
Taiji Tonoyama
,
Kichiemon Nakamura II
,
Rokkō Toura
,
Kiwako Taichi
,
Hideo Kanze

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Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
100 min
Release date:
24 Feb 1968
Country:
JP
Languages:
Japanese
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 wins.

Top Critics Reviews

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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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A ghost story that's more eerie than unnerving, and often hauntingly lovely.
– Manohla Dargis,
New York Times,
21 Oct 2010
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There's a witchy, atmospheric timelessness to the movie that extends well past the unadorned sets.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
28 Oct 2010
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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:
An eerie, meticulously plotted samurai ghost story full of gorgeous visual flourishes.
– Colin Covert,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
3 Mar 2011
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