The Black Cat

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.

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Noburô Ôfuji directed The Black Cat in 1929. See Noburô Ôfuji's full filmography, where to start with Noburô Ôfuji, or where to go after you've seen everything by Noburô Ôfuji.

The Black Cat was released in 1929 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 3 minutes.