Kuroneko ( Yabu no naka no kuroneko ) ( Black Cat from the Grove )

Kuroneko (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Yabu no naka no kuroneko
Alternate Title: Black Cat from the Grove
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1968 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Kaneto Shindô

Written By:
Kaneto Shindô

Actors:
Kichiemon Nakamura ..... Gintoki
Nobuko Otowa ..... Yone (Mother)
Kiwako Taichi ..... Shige (Daughter-in-Law)
Kei Sato ..... Raiko
Taiji Tonoyama ..... A Farmer
Rokko Toura ..... A Samurai
Hideo Kanze ..... Mikado
Hideaki Esumi
Masashi Oki
Rika Mizuki

Synopsis:

Set in feudal Japan, this atmospheric and violent ghost story (whose title literally translates as The Black Cat in the Bush) begins with the brutal murder of two women by a band of mercenary samurai, whose leader is subsequently tracked down, seduced, and murdered by a young woman possessed by the shape-shifting specter of his victim. Called upon to avenge the warrior's death is none other than the woman's former husband, who has been ordered by his superiors to assassinate the guilty party. Plot twists abound as the older, vengeful spirit seeks to exact poetic justice despite the younger ghost's reluctance to destroy the man who once loved her. Though not on the epic level of Kwaidan or Onibaba, this adaptation of an ancient folk tale benefits from the same cultural richness, as well as a touch of social allegory.

Kaneto Shindo's Kuroneko - released to great acclaim in 1968 - is a sparse, atmospheric horror story, ascribing to the director's philosophy of using beauty and purity to evoke emotion. Eccentric and more overtly supernatural than its breakthrough companion piece, Onibaba (1964), Kuroneko revisits similar themes to reveal a haunting meditation on duty, conformity, and love.

A woman and her daughter are attacked and murdered by a band of samurai. They return from the dead to lure away the samurai and kill them one by one, having pledged their souls to the devil to avenge their own deaths.

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