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Film / 1968
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
Directed by
Yoshihiro Ishikawa
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Ryōhei UchidaNabeshima Naoshige
Kōtarō SatomiYuki Jonosuke
Kyoko MikageYukiji
Masumi TachibanaLady Orin
Yuriko MishimaYuri
Machiko YashiroLady Hyuga
Misa TokiSayo
Mitsuko YoshikawaKumi
Keiichiro ShimadaRyuzoji Takafusa
Kenji KusumotoSasaki Hayato
Yōichi NumataTorakichi
Bunta SugawaraShibayama Ukon
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Kinji NakamuraDoctor
Ichitarō KuniUkon's subordinate
Kinya SuzukiZuimeiji priest
Mitsukazu Kawamura
Tokuko MiuraFujiki
Ryūko Azuma
Chiyo OkadaPrincess Kiyo
Yasuko OguraSatsuki
Taizen Shishido
Hideto KagawaChiyomaru
Tadashi Katō
Masatoshi Ōya
Mie HayashiThe Tsuyamas' maid
Minori Tsukasa
Keiko KojimaMatsushima
Hiroshi NawaKuroiwa Shuzen
Tatsuo MatsumuraTsuyama Mataemon
Takayuki AkutagawaNarrator (voice)
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