Yabu no naka no kuroneko

(9.833=59/6 voters)
trans. Black Cats in the Wood
a.k.a. THE BLACK CAT FROM THE GROVE
a.k.a. KURONEKO

Toho, 1968, B&W, 99mins.

Director: Shindou Kaneto
Writer: Shindou Kaneto
Photo: Kuroda Seiki
Music: Hayashi Hikari
Cast: Otowa Nobuko ... Yone
Nakamura Kichiemon II ... Hachi (Yabu no Gintoki)
Taichi Kiwako ... Shige
Satou Kei ... Minamotono Raikou
Toura Rokkou
Tonoyama Taiji ... Jinbee
Kanze Hideo
Esumi Hideaki
Ooki Shouji
Kaji Kentarou
Miyata Masaru
Nishiuchi Noriyuki
Kaneda Eiju
Taki Jouji
Kawanisi Miyako
Sebata Kayoko
Okada Chiyo
Hirota Harumi
Uchi Ryouko
Mizuki Rika ... a waiting maid
Plot: In about early 11th century, Yone and her son's wife Shige were raped and killed by samurais. They became bakeneko (ghost cat) . They lived the house in the wood beside Rajoumon (Rajou gate), Kyoto, and took some samurai into there, and killed them to suck their blood. Minamotono Raikou, the leader of samurais, gave his man Yabu no Gintoki an order to exterminate ghost cats. But Gintoki knew that they are his mother and his wife.
Keyword: Ghost Cat
Video: Toho, TG1881, 12900 yen
DVD: Asmic, 4700 yen (2001.08.10)


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