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1938 Japanese horror film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen (Japanese: 妖絃怪猫伝(Yōgen Kwaibyō den), Hepburn: Kaibyō nazo no shamisen), or Ghost Cat's Mysterious Shamisen,[1] is a 1938 Japanese horror film directed by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Produced by Shinkō Kinema,[2] it stars Sumiko Suzuki, an actress known for her roles in "ghost cat" films (kaibyō eiga or bake neko mono).[2][3]
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Directed by | Kiyohiko Ushihara |
Written by | Kenji Hata |
Starring | Sumiko Suzuki |
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Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
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.[4]
The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen was released in 1938.[3][2]
In October 2018, the Indiana University Cinema held a 35 mm screening of the film.[5] Two months later the film was also screened at the Metrograph, an independent movie theatre in Manhattan, New York.[4][6][7]
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