
Kuroneko
Beware the haunted women who lurk in the bamboo forest as black cats craving the blood of samurai!
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2/24/1968Runtime
100 minsOverview
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. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.
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A haunting folk horror tale where murdered women return as vengeful spirits to exact a terrible price on their killers. The film moves between moments of ethereal beauty and scenes of visceral supernatural horror, rooted in genuine trauma.
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