Kuroneko

1968 · Directed by Kaneto Shindō · 99 min · horror film, ghost film

★ 7.4/10 · 240 ratings on TMDB

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.