Review of Kuroneko (1968) by Jon P — 26 Apr 2016
Kuroneko is a harrowing ghost story of nightmarish pace and scream-worthy navel gazing.
Most notable for its early wire work in a handful of crude action sequences, Shindo Kaneto's shocker takes a simple folk legend and shakes the life out of it in a desperate attempt to spout as many not-so-profound philosophies as possible in 1 hour 40 minutes.
Perhaps the true meaning of the movie is just less accessible to western audiences... perhaps the importance of its poorly told folk tale pales in comparison to the greater philosophical and artistic point Kaneto is trying to make... or perhaps he just lost sight of Kuroneko's punch in pondering a series of perhapses.
One thing's for sure, few fans of Japanese cinema will leave the film remembering anything about it at all, other than that it sucked compared to Onibaba. Perhaps.
This review of Kuroneko (1968) was written by Jon P on 26 Apr 2016.
Kuroneko has generally received very positive reviews.
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