# The Black Cat (1929)

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**Original title**: *黒ニャゴ*
**Runtime**: 3 min
**Genres**: Music, Animation
**Directed by**: Noburô Ôfuji
**Starring**: Hideko Hirai, Hideko Hirai

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: neon-soaked, playful, surreal

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