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Kuroneko (藪の中の黒猫, Yabu no Naka no Kuroneko, "A Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove"; or simply The Black Cat) is a 1968 Japanese historical drama and horror film directed by Kaneto Shindō, and an adaptation of a supernatural folktale.
Aug 14, 2020 · Gin was able to catch a glimpse into what she really looks like, her true evil demonic form. Eerily atmospheric, chillingly creepy and hauntingly beautiful. Kuroneko is a brilliant work of art.
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May 18, 2021 · Kuroneko has similar themes and aesthetic to Onibaba, but goes about it in a different way. The film begins with the rape and murder of two peasant women by a group of roaming samurai. Their lives lost and their home burned, the spirits of these women swear revenge on the men that murdered them.
In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. When a military hero is sent to dispatch the unseen force, he finds that he must struggle with his own personal demons as well.
Kuroneko. Directed by Kaneto Shindo • 1968 • Japan. In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai.
Apr 24, 2013 · Kaneto Shindô's Kuroneko (Yabu no naka no kuroneko, or The Black Cat Inside the Bamboo Grove) — released to great acclaim in 1968 — is a sparse, atmospheric horror story, ascribing to the...
Oct 21, 2010 · Pools of deepest black nearly engulf, with strange beauty and mystery, the characters in “Kuroneko,” a Japanese ghost story from 1968 about two avenging spirits and...
Oct 16, 2011 · From Kaneto Shindo, director of the terror classic Onibaba, Kuroneko (Black Cat) is a spectacularly eerie twilight tale with a shocking feminist angle, evoked through ghostly special effects and exquisite cinematography.
Oct 17, 2011 · Set during Japan’s Sengoku (or Warring States) period, some 150 years—from roughly the mid fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century—of bloody conflict among regional oligarchs, Kuroneko opens with a scene of grimly banal horror, one that wouldn’t be out of place in The Deer Hunter or Apocalypse Now and that gives no hint of the superna...
Kaneto Shindô’s Kuroneko (Yabu no naka no kuroneko, or The Black Cat Inside the Bamboo Grove) — released to great acclaim in 1968 — is a sparse, atmospheric horror story, adhering to the director’s philosophy of using beauty and purity to evoke emotion.
