Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
1953 Japanese film
- Takako Irie
- Kotaro Bando[1]
Production
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Daiei Film
Release date
- December 29, 1953 (1953-12-29)
Running time
Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace (怪猫有馬御殿, Kaibyō Arima goten) is a 1953 Japanese horror film directed by Ryohei Arai and produced by Daiei Film. Filmed in black and white in the Academy ratio format, it stars Takako Irie and Kotaro Bando.[1]
A prior version of the story, titled Arima Neko, was released in 1937.[2][better source needed]
Plot
Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. In a fit of jealousy, she kills the younger girl. The dead woman's cat licks her blood and becomes a demon, seeking revenge on Okoyo. There are scenes of disembodied heads floating around and one in which the ghost, with her hands folded in like a cat's paws, forces two of her victims to tumble around repeatedly.
Cast
- Takako Irie
- Michiko Ai
- Kōtarō Bandō
- Teruko Ōmi
- Yoshitaro Sadato
- Shōsaku Sugiyama
See also
- Japanese horror
- Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi - a 1956 film directed by Bin Kado
- Ghost-Cat Wall of Hatred - a 1958 film directed by Kenji Misumi
References
- ^ a b c Galbraith IV, Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland & Company.
- ^ "Arima neko Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace".
External links
- Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace at IMDb
- 怪猫有馬御殿 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)
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