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Kuroneko

7.419681h 40mMovieDramaFantasyHorror

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…

DirectorKaneto Shindō
WriterKaneto Shindō
ProducersKazuo Kuwahara·Setsuo Noto

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Cast · Directed by Kaneto Shindō

KIKichiemon Nakamura II
Kichiemon Nakamura II
Gintoki
NONobuko Otowa
Nobuko Otowa
Yone
KTKiwako Taichi
Kiwako Taichi
Shige
KSKei Satō
Kei Satō
Raiko
TTTaiji Tonoyama
Taiji Tonoyama
Farmer
RTRokkō Toura
Rokkō Toura
Samurai
HKHideo Kanze
Hideo Kanze
Mikado
EEEimei Esumi
Eimei Esumi
Subordinate
SŌ
Shōji Ōki
Subordinate
KK
Kentarô Kaji
Subordinate
JT
Joji Taki
Subordinate
COChiyo Okada
Chiyo Okada
Nehiko

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