Yabu no naka no kuroneko 1968

Name: Yabu no naka no kuroneko
Released: 1968-02-24
Cast: Kichiemon Nakamura II, Nobuko Otowa, Kiwako Taichi, Kei Satō, Taiji Tonoyama

Synopsis:

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. He encounters the two beautiful women in an eerie, beautiful scene. After spiritual purification, he meets the demon in a thrilling fight.

Directed by:	Kaneto Shindō
Written by:	Kaneto Shindō
Runtime:	100 minutes
Critics score:	94 / 100
Tagline:	Beware the haunted women who lurk in the bamboo forest as black cats craving the blood of samurai!