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Kuroneko

7.3

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Original title

Yabu no naka no kuroneko

Year

1968

Running time

99 min.

Country

Japan

Director

Kaneto Shindô

Screenwriter

Kaneto Shindô

Cast

Music

Hikaru Hayashi

Cinematography

Kiyomi Kuroda

Producer

Toho

Genre

Horror. Drama. Fantasy | Supernatural. Ghosts. Samurai. J-Horror. Cats

Synopsis

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

Rankings Position

#12 Supernatural Horror Ranking
#36 Best Horror Movies
#78 Best Fantasy Movies
#106 Best Japanese Movies of all time

Critics' reviews

"With 'Kuroneko', Shindô obscures the thin line separating the dead from the living-through which spirits, sin, and passion move freely."

Scott Tobias: AV Club
"There's a witchy, atmospheric timelessness to the movie that extends well past the unadorned sets."

Ty Burr: Boston Globe
"The film morphs into an obsessively regretful dialectic that trips into tragedy after lugubrious, otherworldly speculation. (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"

Joseph Jon Lanthier: Slant
"A ghost story that's more eerie than unnerving, and often hauntingly lovely."

Manohla Dargis: The New York Times
"Nippo-Gothic horror fables have a long tradition of proto-feminist outrage... Kaneto Shindô's Kuroneko may take the cake."

Michael Atkinson: Village Voice

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74 My Favorite Japanese Movies (29)

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