Kuroneko
“Beware what lurks in the bamboo forest craving the blood of samurai!”
In the Sengoku period, 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 an Onryō ghost.
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Cast
16 people
Kichiemon Nakamura II
Gintoki
Known for
Double Suicide
Nobuko Otowa
Yone
Known for
Onibaba
The Naked Island
Kiwako Taichi
Shige
Also in
Zatoichi in Desperation
Fire Festival
Kei Satō
Raiko
Known for
Onibaba
Harakiri
Taiji Tonoyama
Farmer
Known for
Onibaba
In the Realm of the Senses
Rokkō Toura
Samurai
Known for
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Death by Hanging
Hideo Kanze
Mikado
Known for
Woman in the Dunes
Pitfall
Eimei Esumi
Subordinate
Known for
Tokyo Drifter
Youth of the Beast
Shōji Ōki
Subordinate
Known for
Goyokin
Kentarô Kaji
Subordinate
Known for
Onibaba
Kamen Rider
Joji Taki
Subordinate
Also in
Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril
Orgies of Edo
Chiyo Okada
Nehiko
Known for
Horrors of Malformed Men
Kaneto Shindō Director · Hikaru Hayashi Composer Kiyomi Kuroda Cinematographer
United States release May 26, 1971 · Produced in Japan · Production Kindai Eiga Kyokai, Toho Company, Ltd.
Production
Nihon Eiga Shinsha
Production
Kindai Eiga Kyokai
Production
Toho Company, Ltd.
Production
Japan
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Original title
藪の中の黒猫
Original language
Japanese
Spoken on screen
Japanese
Release dates
Japan · February 24, 1968
Theatrical
United States · May 26, 1971
Theatrical
France
May 15, 1968 · Theatrical
March 5, 2024 · Physical · DVD (Restored Version)
Russia
October 2, 2011 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Kaneto Shindô Films
Spain
June 4, 1970 · Theatrical
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