Kuroneko
藪の中の黒猫
1968 · 1h 40m · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · Japan
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.
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Kaneto Shindō7.1Smart score
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