Kuroneko

Special Features (Blu-ray)

• Trailer - original trailer for Kuroneko. In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. (3 min, 1080p).
• Kaneto Sindo - in this long and very informative video interview, director Kaneto Shindo discusses his films, his introduction to the film business, the various directors and professionals that influenced him during the years, etc. The interview was conducted by assistant director Seijiro Koyama for the Directors Guild of Japan on April 24, 1988. In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. (61 min, 1080i).
• Tadao Sato - in this video interview, Japanese cinema critic Tadao Sato discusses Kuroneko and its cultural significance. The interview was conducted exclusively for Criterion in 2011. In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. (17 min, 1080i).
• Booklet - 30-page illustrated booklet featuring Maitland McDonagh's essay "The Mark of the Cat" (the author has written about film for publications ranging from Dance Now to the New York Times and Film Comment) and an excerpt from a 1972 interview that film scholar Joan Mellen conducted with director Kaneto Shindo (the interview originally appeared in the 1975 book Voices from the Japanese Cinema).

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