A dead woman's ghost possesses her cat to help her fiancé murder 53 people. Meow.
A power struggle in the fief of Okazaki causes the death of Namiji, a nobleman's daughter. As her fiancé seeks revenge, he finds Namiji's cat helping him, along the Fifty-Three stations of the Tokaido Road. Co-starring Shintarô Katsu and Takako Irie.
Practical Effects
The cat puppet effects are gloriously unhinged 1950s nightmare fuel.
Cinematography
Stunning black-and-white landscapes of the historic Tokaido Road.
Director
Bin Katō
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the kabuki play 'The Ghost Cat of the Yotsuya Road,' this adapts the bakeneko (transformed cat) folklore deeply rooted in Japanese supernatural tradition.
Shintarō Katsu would later become iconic as Zatoichi the blind swordsman—imagine him with a cat instead.
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