Japan, 1960
75m
mono (Western Electric Recording) , Japanese
35mm film, Eastmancolor, 2.35:1, Shintohoscope
A Japanese horror film directed by Yoshihiro Ishikawa.
Plot Summary
Two lovers find themselves lost high in the mountains, inexplicably drawn by some mysterious force to a remote forest pond.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Shintoho Film Distribution Committee
Produced by: Mitsugu Ôkura
Written by: Jiro Fujishima, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Director of Photography: Kikuzō Kawasaki
Cast
Shôzaburô Date (Tadahiko Sagawa/Yachimaru, Shinbei’s son)
Namiji Matsuura (Akino, Shinbei’s daughter
Noriko Kitazawa (Keiko Kôriyama/Kozasa, Gensai’s daughter)
Yōichi Numata (Dr Gensai)
Torahiko Nakamura [real name: Akira Nakamura] (Shinbei Nanjô)
Hiroshi Shingûji (Gorôta, Gyôbu’s younger brother)
Arata Shibata (Governor Gyôbu Onisawa)
Fujie Satsuki (Osono – Yachimaru’s grandmother/old woman with white hair)
Akiko Yamashita (Gensai’s wife)
Fumiko Miyata (Oran)
Monzaburô Ichikawa
Hiroshi Sugi (Buddhist priest)
Saburō Sawai (Rokuemon)
Tatsuhiro Oka
Kôji Hirose
Akira Gomi
Hiroaki Kurahashi
Kôichi Miya
Teruko Amano
Midori Futaba (Kayo, lady’s maid)
Alternative Titles
To fantasma tis limnis – Greece (DVD)
Ghost Cat of Otama Pond – Italy, USA (DVD)
Kaibyô: Otama-ga-ike – Japan (DVD)
Котка-призрак от езерото Отама – Bulgaria
怪猫 お玉が池 – Japan
Links
Extracts included in
The Vampire Cat (2024)
References
Books
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.238
