Kuroneko (1968)

Yabu no naka no kuroneko

Beware what lurks in the bamboo forest craving the blood of samurai!

99 min★ 7.7 · 10,129 votes

• Drama
• Fantasy
• Horror

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.

Release date

February 24, 1968

Country of origin

Japan