The Black Cat
黒ニャゴ
Soviet-era Japanese cut-outs groove with pre-code jazz a black cat entertains a mouse couple before morphing into a surreal shadow show. Upstaged by a salacious, stroboscopic dream ballet the cat vanishes into the inkwell. Silent cinema’s final cat reel trips into sound.
Regie Noburô Ôfuji
Mit Hideko Hirai, Hideko Hirai