Japan, 1958
69m
35mm, Shintohoscope, black and white/Eastmancolor, 2.35:1
mono (Western Electric Recording), Japanese
A Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa.
Plot Summary
The descendant of a murderous samurai's servant returns to her birth place, where repeated attempts are made on her life by a cat spirit avenging the samurai's victims.
Credits
Crew
Director: Nobuo Nakagawa
Shintoho Company Ltd.
Planning: Tatsuyoshi Shimamura
Producer: Mitsugu Okura
Screenplay: Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Jiro Fujishima
Novel: Soto Tachibana
Assistant Director: Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Director of Photography: Tadashi Nishimoto
Music: Michiaki Watanabe
Art Director: Haruyasu Kurosawa
Cast
Toshio Hosokawa (Dr Kuzumi)
Yuriko Ejima (Yoriko Kuzumi)
Keinosuke Wada (Lord Shogen)
Ryozaburo Nakamura (Kokingo)
Fuji Satsuke (Shogen's mother)
Shin Shibata (Shinnojo)
Fumiko Miyata (Lady Miyaji)
Noriko Kitazawa (Yae)
Hiroaki Kurahashi (Kenichi)
Rei Ishikawa (Saheiji)
Alternative Titles
Black Cat Mansion – USA theatrical title
The Mansion of the Ghost Cat – Japanese DVD's English title
References
Books
The Encyclopedia of Japanese Horror Films by Salvador Murgia (ed.) pp.22-23 – credits, review (by Till Weingärtner)
Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction Films by Thomas Weisser and Yuko Mihara Weisser – review (entry for Ghost Cat films as Ghost Monster Cat Mansion)
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.37 – credits
