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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968)
Directed by Yoshihiro Ishikawa
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Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
Length 86 minutes
Actors
Ryôhei Uchida | Kotaro Satomi | Kyoko Mikage | Masumi Tachibana | Yuriko Mishima | Machiko Yashiro | Misa Toki | Mitsuko Yoshikawa | Keiichiro Shimada | Kenji Kusumoto | Yôichi Numata | Bunta Sugawara | Kinji Nakamura | Ichitaro Kuni | Kin'ya Suzuki | Michikazu Kawamura | Noriko Miura | Ryuko Azuma | Chiyo Okada | Yasuko Ogura | Daizen Shishido | Hideto Kagawa | Tadashi Katô | Masatoshi Ôya | Mie Hayashi | Masako Morishita | Keiko Kojima | Hiroshi Nawa | Tatsuo Matsumura | Takayuki Akutagawa
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/23/2025 | Home Theater | Blu-ray | Owned | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
Beautiful black and white cinematography and a great story that combines a traditional samurai betrayal/revenge story with folk horror. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this before but it must’ve been a long time ago.
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