Japan Synopsis
藪の中の黒猫
“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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Kuroneko. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Horror + Fantasy in Japan
61 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kuroneko itself).
The 1967–1969 Japan Window
Kuroneko holds position #11 of 68 Japan films in the 1967–1969 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1960s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1960s in Japan, 202 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kuroneko premiered alongside 20 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 20 other Japan films in 1968.
The 284th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
171 audience reviews — more than 84% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (84th percentile) outruns trending popularity (46th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kuroneko, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- black cat · 4
- rape and revenge · 12
- folk horror · 6
- revenge · 210
- murder · 155
- samurai · 128
- ghost · 84
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,365 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #21 of 391 (top 5%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | February 24, 1968 |
| IMDb | tt0122136 |