

Kuroneko
1968 · Movie · 1h 40m
DramaFantasyHorror
"Beware what lurks in the bamboo forest craving the blood of samurai!"
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.
Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Key crew
- Kaneto ShindōDirector
- Kaneto ShindōScreenplay
- Hikaru HayashiOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kichiemon Nakamura IIGintoki
- Nobuko OtowaYone
- Kiwako TaichiShige
- Kei SatōRaiko
- Taiji TonoyamaFarmer
- Rokkō TouraSamurai
- Hideo KanzeMikado
- Eimei EsumiSubordinate
- Shōji ŌkiSubordinate
- Kentarô KajiSubordinate
- Joji TakiSubordinate
- Chiyo OkadaNehiko
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Themes
samurairevengemurderblack catghostrape and revengejidaigekifolk horrorheian period























