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Kuroneko (1968)

Kuroneko (1968)

Drama Fantasy Horror

Beware what lurks in the bamboo forest craving the blood of samurai!

Release Date: 1968, February 24
Directors: Kaneto Shindō
Countries: Japan
Production: Nihon Eiga Shinsha, Nihon Eiga Shinsha, Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Cast: Kei Satō, Taiji Tonoyama, Shōji Ōki, Rokkō Toura, Eimei Esumi, Hideo Kanze, Nobuko Otowa, Kentarô Kaji, Kichiemon Nakamura II, Kiwako Taichi, Chiyo Okada, Joji Taki

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

murder revenge samurai ghost jidaigeki folk horror rape and revenge heian period black cat