Masters Of Cinema - Kuroneko DVD

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Masters Of Cinema - Kuroneko

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Release Date: 20 August 2005

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Certificate:	15

Cast List:	Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Sato, Kiwako Taichi

Director:	Kaneto Shindo

Special Features:	Gallery of Vintage Toho Production Stills., 24-Page Booklet With A New Essay By Doug Cummings And A Vintage Shindo Interview

Region:	Region 2

Aspect Ratio:	Aspect Ratio 2.35:1

Number of Disks:	1

Main Language:	Japanese

Subtitle Languages:	English

Series:	Masters Of Cinema Series, The

Description

A Japanese box-office sensation in 1968, Kuroneko is a sparse, atmospheric horror story, adhering to Kaneto Shindo's philosophy of using beauty and purity to evoke emotion. Eccentric and more overtly supernatural than its breakthrough companion piece, Onibaba (1964), Kuroneko revisits similar themes to reveal a haunting meditation on duty, conformity and love.

In this magnificently eerie and romantic film - loosely based on the Japanese folktale The Cat's Return - a mother and daughter-in-law (Nobuko Otowa & Kiwako Taichi) are raped and murdered by pillagers, but return from the dead as vampiric cat spirits intent on revenge. As the ghosts lure soldiers into the bamboo groves, a fearless samurai, Gintoki (Kichiemon Nakamura), is sent to stop their reign of terror.