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 (20) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (19) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)
With Kuroneko, Shindô obscures the thin line separating the dead from the living-through which spirits, sin, and passion move freely.
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.
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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