黑猫

女孩Catherine（梁峥饰）天性反叛，天资优厚，被CIA的特工训练科看中，招至鞍下Catherine接受的不是普通的特工训练，而是全身的改造，经过改造她成为了高科技的新人类，代号“黑猫”。从此Catherine成为CIA手中的王牌杀人工具，她的目标无一能幸免。在某项任务中，Catherine被派往香港工作，从而认识了鸟类保护区的科学主任Allen。正直善良的Allen使Catherine再次体会到生命的真意，她决心不再受制于CIA，不愿再成为杀人工具。于是，Catherine与Allen一起奔上逃亡之路……Kuroneko, directed by Kaneto Shindo, is a very complicated dark love story. Unlike many other films with similar background setting, we cannot see justice over evil at the end, and the conflict between samurais and ghosts are left unsolved. There is no right answer in the film, at least the director didn’t give that intention. I think one reason why Shindo designed the story like that was directly related to his Japanese philosophy and the difference in thinking from western culture. His purpose was not to simply discuss karma or good and evil, but more about “losing — losing one’s soul, life, honor, or humanity”. Most of Shindo’s works focused on the lowest class of society, as he said, “I would like to see problems as they are faced by working people, who are the protagonists in my films. I am interested in the way they overcome their difficulties; at least, I like to evoke the hope of overcoming, some prospect for the future.” It can also be reflected on his design of the two women occupy by a low animal as cat in Kuroneko. I have to say that Shindo is really a good screenwriter, that is why Kuroneko has such a well-knit plot. It is very compact and pacy to attract people to keep watching.
 The film is full of oriental aesthetics, the thick fog and wind in bamboo is so poetic, and both the use of light and stage performance are very delicate and beautiful. Especially Yone’s dancing as some sort of ritual and her fade in or fade out in the darkness make the atmosphere extraordinarily mysterious.