Beware the haunted women who lurk in the bamboo forest as black cats craving the blood of samurai!
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.
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Kichiemon Nakamura II
Gintoki
Nobuko Otowa
Yone
Kiwako Taichi
Shige
Kei Satō
Raiko
Taiji Tonoyama
Farmer
Rokkō Toura
Samurai
Hideo Kanze
Mikado
Eimei Esumi
Subordinate
Shōji Ōki
Subordinate
Kentarô Kaji
Subordinate
Joji Taki
Subordinate
Chiyo Okada
Nehiko
Miyako Kasai
Kayoko Sebata
Harumi Hirota
Yoshiko Uchi
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- Release Date 02/24/1968
- Director Kaneto Shindō
- Editor Hisao Enoki
- Cinematographer Kiyomi Kuroda
- Producers Nobuyo Horiba, Kazuo Kuwahara, Setsuo Noto
- Companies Nihon Eiga Shinsha, Kindai Eiga Kyokai
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Feb 24, 1968 | Theatrical | — |
| France | May 15, 1968 | Theatrical | — |
| Spain | Jun 4, 1970 | Theatrical | — |
| United States | May 26, 1971 | Theatrical | — |
| Russia | Oct 2, 2011 | Theatrical (Limited) (Retrospective of Kaneto Shindô Films) | — |
| France | Mar 5, 2024 | Physical (DVD (Restored Version)) | — |
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