A ghostly image from "Kuroneko"
“KURONEKO (BLACK CAT IN THE GROVE)” (Opening Sept. 9 at the Tivoli)
minutes | No MPAA rating
Fans of classic Japanese cinema will have an atmospheric old time with “Kuroneko,” Kaneto Shindo’s 1968 feature based on a centuries-old old folk tale.
Set in a feudal period, this supernatural love story begins with the brutal rape and murder of a peasant woman (Nobuko Otawa) and her daughter-in-law (Kiwako Taichi) by a roving band of samurai/bandits. Their hut is set ablaze; later a black cat laps the blood from the bodies. (more…)
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