Yabu no naka no kuroneko : Kuroneko /

藪の中の黒猫

In medieval Japan, 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 wh...

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Corporate Authors:	Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha, Kindai Eiga Kyōkai, Nippon Eiga Shinsha, Ltd, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Nakamura, Kichiemon, 1944- (Actor), Otowa, Nobuko, 1925-1994 (Actor), Satō, Kei, 1928-2010 (Actor), Tōra, Rokko (Actor), Taichi, Kiwako (Actor), Tonoyama, Taiji, 1915-1989 (Actor), Kanze, Hideo, 1927-2007 (Actor), Esumi, Hideaki, 1935-2004 (Actor), Ōki, Shōji, 1936-2009 (Actor), Kaji, Kentaro (Actor), Shindō, Kaneto, 1912-2012 (Screenwriter), Kuroda, Kiyomi (director of photography.), Kobayashi, Shigeo (Costume designer), Hayashi, Hikaru, 1931-2012 (composer (expression))
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese with English subtitles.
Published:	[New York] : Criterion Collection, [2011]
Edition:	Blu-ray edition.
Series:	Criterion collection (Blu-ray discs) ; 584.
Subjects:	Revenge > Drama. Supernatural > Drama. Samurai > Drama. Heroes > Japan > Drama. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Ghost films. Horror films. Fiction films. Feature films.

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Summary:	In medieval Japan, 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 a ghost. He encounters the two beautiful women, in an eery, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
Item Description:	Blu-ray release of the 1968 motion picture. Special features include: interview with director Kaneto Shindo ; interview with film critic Tadao Sato ; theatrical trailer. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (99 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.).
Format:	Blu-ray disc 2.35:1; Region A; Monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Screenwriter, Shindō Kaneto ; cinematographer, Kuroda Kiyomi ; costume designer, Kobayashi Shigeo ; composer, Hayashi Hikaru ; art director, Marumo Takashi, Igawa Tokumichi ; editor, Enoki Toshio.
ISBN:	9781604654912 1604654910