Kuroneko


Kuroneko , Yabu no Naka no Kuroneko? , A Black Cat in a Bamboo Grove is a 1968 blackandwhite Japanese horror film, directed by Kaneto Shindo, and an adaptation of a supernatural folktale. Set during a civil war in Japans Heian period, the spirits of a woman and her daughterinlaw seek revenge after losing their lives to a brutal incident.

The women return as ghosts with the appearance of fine ladies, who wait at Rajmon. They find samurai and bring them to an illusory mansion in the bamboo grove where the burntout house was. They seduce and then kill the samurai like cats, tearing their throats with teeth.Meanwhile, in northern Japan a battle is taking place with the Emishi. A young man, Hachi Nakamura Kichiemon II, fortuitously kills the enemy general, Kumasunehiko. He brings the severed head to show the governor, Minamoto no Raik Kei Sato. He lies that he fought the general under the name Gintoki. He is made a samurai in acknowledgement of his achievement. When he goes looking for his mother and bride, he finds their house burned down and the women missing. ........

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