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Kuroneko
Sign in to saveis a 1968 Japanese jidaigeki horror film directed by Kaneto Shindō, 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 are raped and murdered by a band of samurai. It stars Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, and Kiwako Taichi.
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7.4In 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.
Cast
- Kichiemon Nakamura II as Gintoki
- Nobuko Otowa as Yone
- Kiwako Taichi as Shige
- Kei Satō as Raiko
- Taiji Tonoyama as Farmer
- Rokkō Toura as Samurai
Themes
- samurai
- revenge
- murder
- black cat
- ghost
- rape and revenge
- jidaigeki
- folk horror
- heian period
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Kuroneko
- Film.image
- Kueroneko-film-poster.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Film.producer
- Nichiei Shinsha
- Film.screenplay
- Kaneto Shindō
- Film.music
- Hikaru Hayashi
- Film.cinematography
- Kiyomi Kuroda
- Film.editing
- Hisao Enoki
- Film.distributor
- Toho
- Film.runtime
- 99 minutes
- Film.country
- Japan
- Film.language
- Japanese
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Japanese
- Main subject
- supernatural
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Screenwriter
- Kaneto Shindō
- Cast member
- Hideo Kanze
- Composer
- Hikaru Hayashi
- Narrative location
- Kyoto
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 950063
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1968-01-01
- title
- Kuroneko, el grito del sexo
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 8.1/10
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Release
- Reception
- Contemporary reviews
- Retrospective assessments
- Themes
- Legacy
- Awards
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- See also
- External links
is a 1968 Japanese jidaigeki horror film directed by Kaneto Shindō, 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 are raped and murdered by 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.
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