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The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen
The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen

The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

74 mins

Rating

7.75/10

Release Date

02 November 1938

Country

Japan

Cast

Sumiko Suzuki

Sumiko Suzuki

Mitsue Bando

Mitsuko Mori

Mitsuko Mori

Onui, younger sister of Okiyo

Kinue Utagawa

Kinue Utagawa

Okiyo

Shinpachirō Asaka

Shinpachirō Asaka

Eigorō Onoe

Eigorō Onoe

Mitsugu Terashima

Mitsugu Terashima

Hiroko Takayama

Hiroko Takayama

Okimi

Tokusaburo Arashi

Tokusaburo Arashi

Yaeko Asano

Yaeko Asano

Yuriko Asano

Yuriko Asano

Junzaburō Ban

Junzaburō Ban

Mitsuko Gun

Mitsuko Gun

Matsuko Hidaka

Matsuko Hidaka

Yasumasa Jitsukawa

Yasumasa Jitsukawa

Taisuke Matsumoto

Taisuke Matsumoto

Matsuko Miho

Matsuko Miho

Yukiko Miyagawa

Yukiko Miyagawa

Shizuko Mori

Shizuko Mori

Shōzō Nanbu

Shōzō Nanbu

Fujiko Suwa

Fujiko Suwa

Masako Takamatsu

Masako Takamatsu

Yoshiko Tomei

Yoshiko Tomei

Yōko Umemura

Yōko Umemura

Osen

Eiko Wakaba

Eiko Wakaba

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