If you loved The National Anthem Kimigayo, try The Black Cat

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Both films are directed by Noburô Ôfuji, and they sit in Animation territory. If that's the register that drew you to The National Anthem Kimigayo, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What The Black Cat is

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.

If you loved The National Anthem Kimigayo, try The Black Cat

The National Anthem Kimigayo

The Black Cat

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What The Black Cat is

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If you loved The National Anthem Kimigayo, try The Black Cat

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The Black Cat

What they share

What The Black Cat is

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