The Black Cat
- Original title
- Yabu no naka no kuroneko
- Year
- 1968
- Running time
- 99 min.
- Country
- Japan
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Kichiemon Nakamura
- Nobuko Otowa
- Kiwako Taichi
- Kei Sato
- Shôji Ôki
- Taiji Tonoyama
- Rokko Toura
- Hideo Kanze
- Hideaki Esumi
- Kentarô Kaji
- Masaru Miyata
- Noriyuki Nishiuchi
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- 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
- Critics' reviews
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"There's a witchy, atmospheric timelessness to the movie that extends well past the unadorned sets."
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"A ghost story that's more eerie than unnerving, and often hauntingly lovely."
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"Nippo-Gothic horror fables have a long tradition of proto-feminist outrage... Kaneto Shindô's Kuroneko may take the cake."
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 74 My Favorite Japanese Movies (29)
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