1. 31 Days of Asian Horror: Kuroneko (1968) - wine and a kdrama
Oct 3, 2021 · Set during the civl war in Japan, the film follows a mother and daughter-in-law who are assaulted than murdered, returning as cat-like ghosts to ...
Review of the 1968 Japanese horror by Kaneto Shindo, Kuroneko (A Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove).
2. Phantom Felines – The Revenge of the Oppressed in KURONEKO (1968)
Jul 30, 2022 · His entitlement and greed prove to be his undoing, however; lured into the forest by his hunger for pampering and sex, expecting the women to be ...
Trigger warning: this article discusses the film’s portrayal of rape. As part of our examination of J-Horror, Johnny Restall looks back on an iconic landmark in Japanese folk cinema. Japanese…
3. Kuroneko | Rotten Tomatoes
When the samurai are set upon by vengeful vampire-like ghosts, it falls to the warrior Gintoki (Kichiemon Nakamura) to slay the malicious spirits, but his ...
In this ghost story based on a folk tale of feudal Japan, a group of samurai mercenaries led by Raiko Minamoto (Kei Satô) storm the home of Yone (Nobuko Otowa) and her daughter, Shigei (Kiwako Taichi), pillaging their food before raping and murdering the pair and finally burning the house down. When the samurai are set upon by vengeful vampire-like ghosts, it falls to the warrior Gintoki (Kichiemon Nakamura) to slay the malicious spirits, but his connection to the victims leads to conflict.
4. Kuroneko (1968) review - psycho-cinematography
Dec 14, 2016 · One day, they are brutally murdered and raped by a passing band of roaming samurai. A black cat allows them to return as vengeful spirits so ...
Introduction Any self-respecting cinematography enthusiast should know the name of Kaneto Shindo (1912-2012). As a director, he brought us narratives like Children of Hiroshima (1952), the naked Is…
5. Black Cat / Kuroneko (1968) | Japanonfilm - WordPress.com
Aug 2, 2020 · When the spirits reappear as beautiful noblewomen, Shige appears out of nowhere and asks each samurai she meets to guide her through a ...
An elegant ghost story that often matches Ugetsu in its night-time beauty, Kuroneko is one of the finest of Japanese cat/ghost revenge movies. A mother and daughter alone in the provinces are raped…
6. Kuroneko (1968) - manny's book of shadows - WordPress.com
Jun 29, 2019 · While away, his wife and mother are raped and killed by a band of rogue samurai, after which a black cat ominously comes to lick their gaping ...
I recently watched the Criterion DVD of the 1968 Japanese ghost film, “Yabu no naka no kuroneko”, by director Kaneto Shindo, known in the English speaking world as Kuroneko, or The Blac…
7. No Sleep October: Kuroneko (1968) - Midwest Film Journal
Oct 5, 2016 · A roving band of soldiers happens upon them, brutally rapes and murders them, and burns down their hut. As they die, a black cat licks their ...
No Sleep October: Kuroneko (1968)…
8. Film Review: Kuroneko (1968) by Kaneto Shindo - Asian Movie Pulse
Oct 31, 2019 · When a black cat arrives at the scene afterward, the other members of the samurai group, out on their own traveling the land by themselves, all ...
Among the most notable exports of Japanese horror films to the world at large is the onyro, involving tales of malicious ghosts and spirits interacting Film Review: Kuroneko (1968) by Kaneto Shindo
9. Kuroneko (1968) directed by Kaneto Shindō • Reviews, film + cast
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 ...
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. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
10. Kuroneko (1968) - Camera Coverage
Mar 20, 2019 · Out of nowhere, in this devastating scenario appears an eerie black cat that licks the dead bodies. The cat, surely a representation of evil, is ...
Directed by Kaneto Shindo “What ghost would dare hate us?” Kuroneko is directed by the late Kaneto Shindo (1912–2012), already at the time a revered figure in Japanese cinema with featu…
11. Kuroneko - Monstrous Industry - WordPress.com
Oct 17, 2015 · Kuroneko is a film that feels older than it is. Shot in 1968, five years after Shindo's more famous horror movie Onibaba, Kuroneko hearkens back ...
I was invited back to Teleport city to write about Kaneto Shindo’s enduringly eerie horror movie, Kuroneko (1968). Read a little here and then head on over to Teleport City for the rest! Kuro…
12. Kuroneko (1968) - Turner Classic Movies - TCM
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 ...
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...
13. Blu-Ray Review: Kuroneko (1968) - Warped Perspective
Jun 23, 2013 · Kuroneko, set in medieval Japan, begins with a horrific act: a group of soldiers invade the home of two women, steal their food, rape them, ...
Review by Nia Edwards-Behi 1968 was a damn good year for horror films. The US gave us the very modern Rosemary’s Baby and Night of the Living Dead, while in the UK, we had period horror films The D…
14. Criterion Reflections - Kuroneko (1968) - #584 - CriterionCast
Mar 15, 2016 · The story presents us with the spectacle of two women, brutally raped and murdered by a marauding gang of warriors, who return from the dead to ...
David’s blog makes the transition to Criterion Cast with this spooky tale of ghostly cats, seductive spirits and haunted samurai.
15. Kuroneko (1968) - Horror Movie A Day
Jan 28, 2012 · The basic plot is this: a woman and her daughter-in-law are raped and killed by a traveling group of Samurai in the opening sequence, and then ...
JANUARY 28, 2012 GENRE: ASIAN , GHOST SOURCE: BLU-RAY (ONLINE RENTAL) The most common misconception about Criterion releases is that they ...
16. Kuroneko - Absolute Horror Wiki - Fandom
Kuroneko is a 1968 Japanese horror film directed by Kaneto Shindo, and an adaptation of a supernatural folktale. Set during a civil war in feudal Japan, ...
Kuroneko is a 1968 Japanese horror film directed by Kaneto Shindo, and an adaptation of a supernatural folktale. Set during a civil war in feudal Japan, the film's plot concerns the vengeful spirits, or onryō, of a woman and her daughter-in-law, who died at the hands of a band of samurai. It stars Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, and Kiwako Taichi. Kuroneko was shot in black-and-white and in TohoScope format, and distributed by Toho. It was not dubbed in English, but was released with subtitles