Kuroneko - The Masters of Cinema Series (Blu-ray) Hideo Kanze (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Kuroneko - The Masters of Cinema SeriesCondition: NewDescription: Kaneto Shindo's Kuroneko (Yabu no naka no kuroneko, or The Black Cat Inside the Bamboo Grove) - released to great acclaim in 1968 - is a sparse, atmospheric horror story, ascribing to the director's philosophy of using beauty and purity to evoke emotion. Eccentric and more overtly supernatural than its breakthrough companion piece, Onibaba, Kuroneko revisits similar themes to reveal a haunting meditation on duty, conformity, and love. In this magnificently eerie and romantic film - loosely based on the Japanese folktale The Cat's Return - a mother and daughter-in-law (Nobuko Otowa and Kiwako Taichi) are raped and murdered by pillagers, but return from the dead as vampiric cat spirits intent on revenge. As the ghosts lure soldiers into the bamboo groves, a fearless samurai, Gintoki (Kichiemon Nakamura), is sent to stop their reign of terror. Kuroneko remains a standout film of the kaidan eiga genre of period ghost stories often based on old legends or kabuki plays. Marking Shindo's first use of wire work as Yone and Shige battle against samurai blades, the film is subtly complimented by Kiyomi Kuroda's award-winning chiaroscuro cinematography, Hikaru Hayashi's vibrant score, and riveting performances from many of the greatest actors of Japan's golden age of film.No Of Discs: 1Run Time: 95 minutesStudio: EurekaRegion Code: Region BGenre: Foreign Languages & EFLRating: 15Country/Region of Manufacture: JapanActor: Hideo Kanze, Rokko Toura, Hideaki Esumi, Masashi Oki, Nobuko Otowa, Kei Satô, Kichiemon Nakamura, Kiwako Taichi, Taijo TonoyamaDirector: Kaneto Shindô, Kaneto ShindoMPN: EKA70194Release Date: 07/20/2015Language: Japanese, EnglishFormat: Blu-raySubtitle Language: EnglishEAN: 5060000701944Release Year: 2015 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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