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Kuroneko

Kuroneko
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKaneto Shindō
Screenplay byKaneto Shindō
Produced byNichiei Shinsha
Starring
CinematographyKiyomi Kuroda
Edited byHisao Enoki
Music byHikaru Hayashi
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 24 February 1968 (1968-02-24) (Japan)[1]
Running time
99 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Kuroneko (藪の中の黒猫, Yabu no Naka no Kuroneko, "A Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove"; or simply The Black Cat)[2] is a 1968 Japanese historical drama and horror film directed by Kaneto Shindō, and an adaptation of a supernatural folktale. Set during a civil war in feudal Japan,[a] 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 in the United States in 1968.[2]

  1. ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 247.
  2. ^ a b Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland & Company.
  3. ^ Curran, Sato-Rossberg & Tanabe 2015, p. 23.
  4. ^ McDonagh, Maitland (17 October 2011). "Kuroneko: The Mark of the Cat". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 13 July 2021.


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