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Directed by | Kaneto Shindō |
Screenplay by | Kaneto Shindō |
Produced by | Nichiei Shinsha |
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Cinematography | Kiyomi Kuroda |
Edited by | Hisao Enoki |
Music by | Hikaru Hayashi |
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Distributed by | Toho |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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]
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