The movie's implacable sense of poetic justice is only equaled by its graphic smarts.

With Kuroneko, Shindô obscures the thin line separating the dead from the living-through which spirits, sin, and passion move freely.

There's a witchy, atmospheric timelessness to the movie that extends well past the unadorned sets.

This striking introduction to Kaneto Shindo’s Kuroneko (1968) gestures at the core thematic fascinations in his work, namely women’s struggles, wartime, and class conflict.