Cinematic background from Black Cat 1968 - 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.

Black Cat

1968

Drama, Horror

Directors:
Kaneto Shindô
Writers:
Kaneto Shindô
Official poster of Black Cat 1968 directed by Kaneto Shindô
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man and a woman standing next to each other in front of a door; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A person with a mustache; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – An old photo of a man laying on a bed next to two women; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black - and - white photo of a woman smoking a cigarette; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – Two women sitting on the ground eating food; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A young girl and a young man kissing; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman standing in front of a window with her hair hanging down; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a man in a robe; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a man wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – An asian woman is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A group of people sitting in a park with tea pots on the ground; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black - and - white photo of a path through a bamboo forest; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – Black and white photograph of a woman in a kimono; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man's face in black - and - white photo; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a man with a mustache; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A young asian woman in a white shirt and a white robe; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – Black and white photograph of a man's face in front of a window; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man sitting in front of a mirror wearing a kimono; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A group of men sitting in front of a screen; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man and a woman in traditional japanese garb; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a man with his eyes closed; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – An asian man in a black and white photo; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – An older man with a beard and a mustache; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – An old photo of a man wearing a kimono; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman in a kimono standing in the woods; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man's face in black - and - white; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman in a robe holding a sword in front of a fire pit; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man and a woman dancing on a stage; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man and a woman walking through a forest; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man holding a sword in front of a wall; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman in a kimono is holding a veil over her head; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a man with a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black - and - white photo of a man's face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a man with a mustache; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A person with long black hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man in a white shirt is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – An asian man with long hair and a white shirt is crying; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A pair of swords sitting on top of a wooden bench; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a black cat next to a doll head; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A person in a black and white photo with a candle in the background; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a room with a lamp; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A group of people standing on a sidewalk near a building; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a woman with long hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man in a black and white photo with a bat on his shoulder; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a cat sitting next to a dead body; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – An old photo of a man walking in front of a hut; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A person riding a horse through a forest; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman is tied to a wooden platform; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A person with a mustache; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A person holding a flag in a dark room; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man's face in a black and white photo; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – An old wooden hut with a straw roof; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A group of people walking down a dirt road; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man sitting on the ground in front of another man; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black - and - white photo of a bamboo forest; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man with long dreadlocks is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a man with a mustache; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a woman holding a cat; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black - and - white photo of a woman in a kimono; Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – Two people on horseback walking down a path; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman in a white robe holding a white object; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman in a white robe and a man in a white robe; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man riding a motorcycle down a street; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man with a broken head is laying on the ground; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A person's face with sweat on his face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man in a kimono sitting on the ground; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man kneeling on the ground holding a sword; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black - and - white photo of two pillars in the dark; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – Two women sitting on top of a wooden bench in front of a tree; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man and a woman are kissing in a room; Extreme Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man in a toga stands in front of a tree; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A person with long black hair holding a sword in front of a mirror; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a man holding a cat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – An older man and a younger man are lying on a bed; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man standing in front of a window with blinds behind him; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a woman with her mouth open; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A shirtless man with long dreadlocks is walking outside; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man and a woman in traditional japanese garb; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A group of people sitting on the ground; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man wearing a hat standing next to a horse; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman in a white robe is standing in front of a man in a white robe; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man in a kimono sitting in front of two women; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man in a kimono sitting on top of a horse; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – Black and white photograph of a man with long black hair; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A person with dirt all over his face; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman sitting on the ground wearing a kimono; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A black and white photo of a man with long hair; Extreme Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman laying in the middle of a snow covered field; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A young woman with a long black hair covering her mouth; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man sitting in front of a group of women; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man with long hair is holding a knife in his mouth and a man with long hair is holding a knife in his mouth; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman with a white face and long black hair; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man dressed in a white robe holding a sword in front of two other men; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man sitting on the ground wearing a kimono; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman in a kimono holding an umbrella over her head; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man and a woman sitting in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – An old photo of a man wearing a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A man with long hair holding a knife; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Black Cat” (1968), directed by Kaneto Shindô – A woman in a kimono with a paper bag on her head; Close Up shot, High angle