| Kuroneko | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Kaneto Shindō |
| Screenplay by | Kaneto Shindō |
| Produced by | Nichiei Shinsha |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Kiyomi Kuroda |
| Edited by | Hisao Enoki |
| Music by | Hikaru Hayashi |
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| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date |
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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]
- ^ Galbraith IV 2008, p. 247.
- ^ a b Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland & Company.
- ^ Curran, Sato-Rossberg & Tanabe 2015, p. 23.
- ^ McDonagh, Maitland (17 October 2011). "Kuroneko: The Mark of the Cat". The Criterion Collection. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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