Kuroneko

Kuroneko

1968 · 100 min · JA · 7.4 (241 votes)
Dir. Kaneto Shindō · Starring Kichiemon Nakamura II, Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi, Kei Satō, Taiji Tonoyama, Rokkō Toura · Music Hikaru Hayashi

“Beware what lurks in the bamboo forest craving the blood of samurai!”

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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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A chillingly beautiful folk horror that blends gothic atmosphere with profound melancholy. It's a slow, deliberate descent into supernatural vengeance, steeped in tragedy and the lingering echoes of past horrors. A truly haunting experience.

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