Kuroneko [videorecording]: Kaneto Shindo

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Kaneto Shindo

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Japanese Summary language: Japanese Series: Criterion CollectionDescription: 1 videodisc (ca. x min.) sound, color. 4 3/4 inOther title:

Kuroneko

Uniform titles:

Kuroneko

LOC classification:

PN1997 .K876 1968

Summary: In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. When a military hero is sent to dispatch the unseen force, he finds that he must struggle with his own personal demons as well. From Kaneto Shindo, director of the terror classic Onibaba, Kuroneko (Black Cat) is a spectacularly eerie twilight tale with a shocking feminist angle, evoked through ghostly special effects and exquisite cinematography. - New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition - Video interview with director Kaneto Shindo from the Directors Guild of Japan - New video interview with critic Tadao Sato - Theatrical trailer - New and improved English subtitle translation - PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Maitland McDonagh and an excerpt from film scholar Joan Mellen’s 1972 interview with Shindo

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C	PN1997 .K876 1968	Available		003762
Books	SILC Learning Support Services DH132- Open Study Space	PN1997 .K876 1968	Available		003763

In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. When a military hero is sent to dispatch the unseen force, he finds that he must struggle with his own personal demons as well. From Kaneto Shindo, director of the terror classic Onibaba, Kuroneko (Black Cat) is a spectacularly eerie twilight tale with a shocking feminist angle, evoked through ghostly special effects and exquisite cinematography.

- New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
- Video interview with director Kaneto Shindo from the Directors Guild of Japan
- New video interview with critic Tadao Sato
- Theatrical trailer
- New and improved English subtitle translation
- PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Maitland McDonagh and an excerpt from film scholar Joan Mellen’s 1972 interview with Shindo

Blu-ray; Black and While; monaural

Language audio: Japanese
Language subtitles: English

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