Kuroneko
Beware what lurks in the bamboo forest craving the blood of samurai!
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.
- Director
- Kaneto Shindō
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Tension
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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.
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- Release date
- Feb 24, 1968
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
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- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
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