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Kaneto Shindô

Kuroneko (Black Cat)

Director Kaneto Shindô Cast Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô
99' - 1968 - Drama, Horror - Dialogue: Japanese
A woman and her daughter-in-law are raped and murdered by samurais during the 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 eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.

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Credits

Directors

Kaneto Shindô

Cast

Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô

Scenario

Kaneto Shindô

Director of Photography

Norimichi Igawa, Kiyomi Kuroda

Editors

Hisao Enoki

Producers

Nobuyo Horiba, Kazuo Kuwahara, Setsuo Noto

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Dialogue

Japanese

Countries of production

Japan

Year

1968