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Kuroneko (1968) [N/A]

Release Date:
February 24, 1968

Original Title:
藪の中の黒猫

Alternate Titles:
Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove
El gato negro
Kolasmena Pathi
Kuroneko
O Gato Preto do Túmulo
The Black Cat from the Grove
Yabu no naka no kuroneko
薮の中の黒猫
쿠로네코

Genres:
Fantasy | Horror

Production Companies:
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Nihon Eiga Shinsha

Production Countries:
Japan

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 100

Beware the haunted women who lurk in the bamboo forest as black cats craving the blood of samurai!

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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.

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Art Direction:
Takashi Marumo

Director:
Kaneto Shindō

Director of Photography:
Kiyomi Kuroda

Editor:
Hisao Enoki

Makeup Artist:
Shigeo Kobayashi

Original Music Composer:
Hikaru Hayashi

Producer:
Kazuo Kuwahara
Setsuo Noto
Nobuyo Horiba

Screenplay:
Kaneto Shindō

Set Decoration:
Toshiharu Takazu

Sound Designer:
Tetsuya Ohashi

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