The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
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1938
1h 14m
Japanese
Horror
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The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
Movie
1938
1h 14m
Japanese
Horror
A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at least six such titles released by the studio Shinko Kinema between 1937-40 featuring Japan's first scream queen, Sumiko Suzuki. Here she plays Mitsue, the possessive onna-kabuki actress betrothed to apprentice shamisen player Seijiro. When one day Okiyo, a beautiful young girl of samurai class, is led to Seijiro's house by his lost cat Kuro, she becomes besotted with him. Dark jealous passions are invoked in Mitsue, which are intensified when Seijiro gifts Okiyo his precious shamisen. The cat is the first to suffer at the end of Mitsue's hairpin, but returns from the grave to assist Okiyo's younger sister Onui avenge her sister's murder.
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Cast
Mitsue Bando
Onui, younger sister of Okiyo
Okiyo
Okimi
Osen
Directed By: Kiyohiko Ushihara
Written By: Shōtarō Saijō (Screenplay)
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