Kuroneko (1968) [Masters of Cinema] Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) [Region Free] [Blu-ray]

Kaneto Shindô writes and directs this Japanese horror. Set in the ancient Heian era, Yone (Nobuko Otowa) and her 20-year-old daughter-in-law Shige (Kiwako Taichi) are scratching a meagre living in the forest when a band of marauding, depraved samurai rape and slay the two women, leaving their hut in ashes, and the blood-covered bodies splayed nearby. A passing black cat revives the spirits of the fallen women and transforms them into shape-shifting ghosts who proceed to wreak revenge on the samurai class by luring them into the surrounding bamboo groves. But one day the warrior Gintoki (Kichiemon Nakamura) returns home to find his wife and mother gone and is assigned to rid the country of the murderous ghosts.

Based on: The Japanese folk tale 'The Cat's Return'
Technical Specs:

• Languages(s): Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Interactive Menu
• Screen ratio 1:2.35

Extras included: - Booklet

• Interviews: Kaneto Shindô
• Trailers

Publisher: Eureka Entertainment Ltd

Published: 20 July 2015

Audio: Japanese

Region: free

Number of Discs: 2

Studio: Eureka

Run Time: 98M Minutes

Writer: Kaneto Shindô

Director: Kaneto Shindô

Producer: Kaneto Shindô, Kazuo Kuwahara, Setsuo Noto

Cast: Kei Satô, Kichiemon Nakamura, Kiwako Taichi, Nobuko Otowa, Hideo Kanze, Taijo Tonoyama, Masashi Oki, Rokko Toura, Hideaki Esumi

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