KURONEKO (BLACK CAT) w/ Music by Animal, Surrender!
Sat, Sep 27
|Epsilon Spires
Our Autumn Film Series: THE SPIRIT OF HARVEST begins with an eerie, poetic and visually elegant Japanese ghost story with a shocking feminist angle. Experience it with an atmospheric live soundtrack by Animal, Surrender! Minimalist post-rock with an intricate, trance-inducing rhythm section.
Time & Location
Sep 27, 2025, 7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Our Autumn Japanese Arthouse Series: THE SPIRIT OF HARVEST, A Trifecta of Masterworks by Kaneto Shindo
Saturday, September 27th, Kuroneko (1968) with live soundtrack by Animal, Surrender!
Halloween! Friday, October 31st. Onibaba (1964) Enter Our Mask Contest and Win Prizes!
Friday, November 7th, The Naked Island (1960) with live soundtrack by Slow Meadow & Kennebec
Kuroneko (Dir. Kaneto Shindo, 1968, 99 mins). In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the throats of itinerant samurai. When a military hero is sent to dispatch the unseen force, he finds that he must struggle with his own personal demons as well. From Kaneto Shindo, director of the terror classic Onibaba, Kuroneko (Black Cat) is a spectacularly eerie twilight tale with a shocking feminist angle, evoked through ghostly special effects and exquisite cinematography.
Animal, Surrender! is Peter Kerlin (Sunwatchers and Chris Forsyth & Solar…