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Ghost of Saga Mansion

Ghost of Saga Mansion

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Horror

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A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is Takako Irie's first bakeneko (ghost cat) movie; it started a Daiei cycle which was very popular at the time in Japan.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

03 September 1953

Country

Japan

Cast

Kōtarō Bandō

Kōtarō Bandō

Yōko Wakasugi

Yōko Wakasugi

Teruko Ōmi

Teruko Ōmi

Kikue Mōri

Kikue Mōri

Shintarō Nanjō

Shintarō Nanjō

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Shōsaku Sugiyama

Kunitaro Sawamura

Kunitaro Sawamura

Chieko Naniwa

Chieko Naniwa

Takako Irie

Takako Irie

Otoyo-no-kata

Shinobu Araki

Shinobu Araki

Kōichi Katsuragi

Kōichi Katsuragi

Eigorō Onoe

Eigorō Onoe

Tominosuke Hayama

Tominosuke Hayama

Fumihiko Yokoyama

Fumihiko Yokoyama

Jun Fujikawa

Jun Fujikawa

Ikkei Tamaki

Ikkei Tamaki

Ryuji Fukui

Ryuji Fukui

Masayoshi Kikuno

Masayoshi Kikuno

Shigeru Hasegawa

Shigeru Hasegawa

Kōji Nanbara

Kōji Nanbara

Kazuko Fushimi

Kazuko Fushimi

Ryuuzouji Fuyu

Shirō Osaki

Shirō Osaki

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