Kuroneko1968
Kuroneko (1968)
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Cast
as Gintoki
as Yone (Mother)
as Shige (Daughter-in-Law)
as Raiko
as Farmer
as Samurai
as Mikado
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Critic Reviews for Kuroneko
All Critics (18) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)
An eerie, meticulously plotted samurai ghost story full of gorgeous visual flourishes.
Shindô's evocation of the central haunted bamboo grove is all night shadows and luminescent mist.
There's a witchy, atmospheric timelessness to the movie that extends well past the unadorned sets.
A ghost story that's more eerie than unnerving, and often hauntingly lovely.
Nippo-Gothic horror fables have a long tradition of proto-feminist outrage... Kaneto Shindô's Kuroneko may take the cake.
Kaneto Shindô may be the least namechecked of Japan's go-to Golden Age directors. This ghost story, however, proves that he's ripe for reappraisal...
Audience Reviews for Kuroneko
Creepy old Japanese movie about a woman and her mother in law who live alone in the woods, waiting for the return of the husband/son, who has been sent to war. One day they are attacked and raped by a group of samurai and their house burned down with them in it. The pair return as vengeful spirits, vowing to murder all samurai they come across. And then the husband/ son returns, and he has been made a samurai. Genuinely creepy and disturbing.
Super Reviewer
it conjures a great spooky atmosphere but i don't like it quite as much as the director's 'onibaba'. 4 stars for evil dancing cat spirits
Super Reviewer
Part horror movie, part tragic love story, and part samurai tale, Kuroneko is a beautifully shot black and white ghost tale that any fan of foreign cinema should give a viewing. The cinematography is great and the different aspects of the story come together well. Recommended.
Super Reviewer
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