Black Cat
1968 · Movie · Not Rated · 100 min · ★ 7.4 · 90% critics
In the Sengoku period, soldiers murder a woman and her daughter, and the aftermath leads to samurai returning from war found dead with their throats torn out. A governor brings in a fierce young hero to investigate what seems to be an Onryō ghost.
Also known as Kuroneko · The Black Cat from the Grove · Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove
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Details
- Original title
- 藪の中の黒猫
- Years
- 1968
- Release date
- 1968-02-24
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (229 votes)
About
Not for you if you want a tidy, spoon-fed plot or lighter scares; choose something gentler instead, because Black Cat (Kuroneko) leans into dark, eerie vengeance like Onibaba or Kwaidan.
Pros: eerie dreamlike atmosphere; grounded folklore horror; striking night imagery | Cons: repetitive sequences; very dark content; pacing can drag
Themes
- samurai
- revenge
- murder
- black cat
- ghost
- rape and revenge
- jidaigeki
- folk horror
- heian period
Cast & crew
Kichiemon Nakamura II
as Gintoki
Nobuko Otowa
as Yone
Kiwako Taichi
as Shige
Kei Satō
as Raiko
Taiji Tonoyama
as Farmer
Rokkō Toura
as Samurai
Hideo Kanze
as Mikado
Eimei Esumi
as Subordinate
- SŌ
Shōji Ōki
as Subordinate
- KK
Kentarô Kaji
as Subordinate
Directed by Kaneto Shindō