Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Catherina If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Yazmin Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Claudio Carvalho A group of samurai breaks in the house of the peasants Yone (Nobuko Otowa) and her daughter-in-law Shige (Kiwako Taichi) to loot their food and they rape and kill the women. The burn their house to the ground and a black cat licks their corpses. Soon the women returns as ghosts posing as geisha and Shige lures samurais late night at Rajômon asking for protection through a bamboo grove. She brings the samurai to a fancy house that is indeed her burnt-out house; introduces her mother; seduces the samurai and kill him tearing his neck apart. Meanwhile the warrior Hachi kills a powerful enemy and severs his head. He is summoned to Rajômon by the samurai Raiko (Kei Satô) that makes him samurai and he tells that his name is Gintoki (Kichiemon Nakamura). Then he finds his house destructed and looks for Yone and Shige and he learns that they are missing. Gintoki is assigned by Raiko to destroy the ghosts that are killing samurais. What will happen when Gintoki discovers that the ghosts are Yone and Shige?"Yabu no naka no kuroneko" is a Japanese ghost story of love and revenge. The plot is well developed despite the confused conclusion and supported by great performances and wonderful cinematography in black- and-white. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "O Gato Preto" ("The Black Cat")

lastliberal Black cats are supposedly common in Japanese history, and this film makes a creative use of the animal.Two women, left alone by the drafting of their son/husband to fight the wars raging in Japan at the time are raped and killed by a marauding band of samurai. We see them again as samurai start dying by having their throats slashed. They have made a Faustian bargain to get their lives back as long as they take revenge on samurai.In comes the farmer, who has slain the bear and is now a samurai. He is tasked with ridding the city of the ghosts that inhabit the bamboo groves. Much to his surprise, it is his mother and wife.It is a great combination of horror and fantasy and also a beautiful love story. Certainly different from the usual samurai stories and well worth seeing.

Chung Mo Shot in black and white, this film has some unique imagery to accompany the creepy haunting. Very much in the style of Kwaidan and other Japanese supernatural films of the 1960's. And very much a traditional Japanese ghost story where ghosts and evil spirits inhabit a world of logic alien to the real world. Western ghosts stories usually have the spirits think as living people do. Japanese spirits behave in bizarre ways that are much more disturbing.The film follows the two spirits of a murdered wife and mother-in-law as they proceed to kill and drink the blood of any samurai that passes their neighborhood. The film, while very well made, is slightly routine at this point. When the husband returns a war hero, the film becomes poetic as he is assigned the task of eliminating the "monster" that is killing samurai. His encounters with his now demonic wife and mother comprise the rest of the film.A truly excellent film. Any fan of the new Japanese horror films should see where they come from.

Prof-Hieronymos-Grost THE SYNOPSIS In warring feudal Japan, a group of marauding Samurai seeking food exits the forest where they come across a house that should have what they require. On entering the house they find it has what they want and a lot more….it has women too. The inhabitants an elderly woman and her daughter in law are both subjected to continuous rape as each Samurai takes their turn, the others plunder the women's food stocks.After the Samurai have satiated their appetites,they leave the women, now unconscious for dead and set fire to their home as they flee.When the fire eventually burns out all we see are the burned and battered bodies of the women and their helpless black kitten as it licks their wounds. Rajomon Gate….a Samurai approaches on horseback and is met by a spectral vision of a woman, who tells him she is too afraid to make her journey home because she has to pass the Bamboo Grove, which is a haven for bandits and highwaymen. The Samurai agrees to accompany her to her home, where he is plied with sake. The Daughter in laws husband Hachi, we learn has been at war for three years and has still not returned The daughter in law then proceeds to seduce the Samurai, before she brutally attacks him, devouring his throat and sucking his blood…..for we learn that the two women are in fact the newly embodied spirits of the dead women murdered by the Samurai who have made a pact with the Evil Gods/Spirits, who have allowed them life, on condition that they murder all Samurai who pass their way. Far to the East, a sole warrior named Hachi is all that remains after a massive and bloody battle.Hachi returns home to find his home burned and his family missing, he seeks employment from the Samurai leader at Rajomon Gate named Raiko, who after hearing Hachi's brave stories takes him on. Hachi's first task is to rid the area of the spectral beasts that have been claiming the lives of his warriors…..and so Hachi sets off unknowingly to kill his own family. THE REVIEW Unquestionably a companion piece to Onibaba, a film by the same Director…it was made to cash in on the success of Onibaba which had been met by a wave of good criticism in the west….and also because Shindo's other contemporary works had been less critically received mainly due to their overtly sexual content. Kiyomi Kuroda's award winning cinematography sets the tone for this film, its Chiaroscuro/Noir visuals are nothing short of breathtaking. The underlying tragic story of lost love is also dealt with brilliantly by Shindo who is on fine form again….the story is compelling except for the first twenty minutes which became a bit repetitive as Samurai after Samurai was seduced and killed by the women, but this ploy was used to bring the story forward so I wont criticize too much.All in all, a worthwhile buy if you like Onibaba or Asian Cinema,but the DVD despite the films stunning print is very bare.