The Black Cat
1,539
Horror. Drama. Fantasy
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 a ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women, in an eery, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight [+]
Author | Review | ||
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United States | AV Club | "With 'Kuroneko', Shindô obscures the thin line separating the dead from the living-through which spirits, sin, and passion move freely." | POS |
United States | Boston Globe | "There's a witchy, atmospheric timelessness to the movie that extends well past the unadorned sets." | POS |
United States | Slant | "The film morphs into an obsessively regretful dialectic that trips into tragedy after lugubrious, otherworldly speculation. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" | POS |
United States | The New York Times | "A ghost story that's more eerie than unnerving, and often hauntingly lovely." | POS |
United States | Village Voice | "Nippo-Gothic horror fables have a long tradition of proto-feminist outrage... Kaneto Shindô's Kuroneko may take the cake." | POS |
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