The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
1938
Directed by Kiyohiko Ushihara
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Mitsue is a popular stage actress and the lover of a shamisen player named Seijuro. She jealously murders two other objects of his affection: Okiyo, a young woman from a samurai family, and Kuro, a cat. The spirits of Okiyo and Kuro then merge into a vengeful ghost.
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- Director
- Kiyohiko Ushihara
- Written by
- Shōtarō Saijō
- Cinematographer
- Takenori Takahashi
- Studio
- Shinko
- Origin country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Language
- Japanese
- TMDB
- 8.0/10 (5 votes)
- IMDb
- 6.4/10 (135 votes)
Cast
Sumiko Suzuki
Mitsue Bando
Mitsuko Mori
Onui, younger sister of Okiyo
Kinue Utagawa
Okiyo
Shinpachirō Asaka
Eigorō Onoe
Mitsugu Terashima
Hiroko Takayama
Okimi
Tokusaburo Arashi
Yaeko Asano
Yuriko Asano
Junzaburō Ban
Mitsuko Gun
Matsuko Hidaka
Yasumasa Jitsukawa
Taisuke Matsumoto
Matsuko Miho
Yukiko Miyagawa
Shizuko Mori
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