Japan,
1968, 99 min
Directed by:
Kaneto ShindōScreenplay:
Kaneto ShindōCinematography:
Kiyomi KurodaComposer:
Hikaru HayashiVOD (1)
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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. (Eureka Entertainment)
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