Kuroneko (1968)

Name: Kuroneko (1968)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Released: October 22, 2010
Duration: 99 min

2010

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Toho Company | Release Date: October 22, 2010

Summary: In war-torn medieval Japan, a demon haunts the Rajomon Gate, ripping out the throats of samurai in the grove beyond. The governor sends a war hero to confront the spirit, but what the man finds are two beautiful women who look just like his lost mother and wife. Both a chilling ghost story and a meditation on the nature of war and socialIn war-torn medieval Japan, a demon haunts the Rajomon Gate, ripping out the throats of samurai in the grove beyond. The governor sends a war hero to confront the spirit, but what the man finds are two beautiful women who look just like his lost mother and wife. Both a chilling ghost story and a meditation on the nature of war and social hypocrisy, Kuroneko mixes stunning visuals, an evocative score, and influences from traditional Japanese theater to create an atmospheric, haunting, and emotionally devastating masterpiece. (Janus Films)… Expand

Director: Kaneto Shindô

Genre(s): Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance

Runtime: 99 min

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JLuis_001

Dec 31, 2021

Kuroneko is a bleak, ghostly revenge story of intoxicating visual beauty, which, although I'm not sure this was the filmmaker's intention, shows men's fear of women who have acquired power.

Even if in this case these women obtained it because they made a supernatural pact after being rapedKuroneko is a bleak, ghostly revenge story of intoxicating visual beauty, which, although I'm not sure this was the filmmaker's intention, shows men's fear of women who have acquired power.

Even if in this case these women obtained it because they made a supernatural pact after being raped and murdered to become ghostly figures who seek to wipe out those men who defend their barbarity and brutality in times of war.

And it is a man's job to hunt them down and finish them off.
In these circumstances is the son and husband of the victims. Nourishing the tragedy in which, at its conclusion, the charred and snow-covered ruins become their tomb in a scene of spectral beauty.… Expand

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