Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

86 mins | Horror | July 12, 1968

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

86 mins | Horror | July 12, 1968

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Toei Company, Ltd.
Original title 怪猫 呪いの沼
Directors Toshiyuki Fujiwara, Yoshihiro Ishikawa
Writers Yoshihiro Ishikawa

Cast

Ryôhei Uchida

as Nabeshima Naoshige

Kotaro Satomi

as Yuki Jonosuke

Kyoko Mikage

as Yukiji

Masumi Tachibana

as Lady Orin

Yuriko Mishima

as Yuri

Machiko Yashiro

as Lady Hyuga

Misa Toki

as Sayo

Keiichiro Shimada

as Ryuzoji Takafusa

Kenji Kusumoto

as Sasaki Hayato

Yôichi Numata

as Torakichi

Bunta Sugawara

as Shibayama Ukon

Kinji Nakamura

as Doctor

Ichitarō Kuni

as Ukon's subordinate

Kin'ya Suzuki

as Zuimeiji priest

Tokuko Miura

as Fujiki

Chiyo Okada

as Princess Kiyo

Yasuko Ogura

as Satsuki

Hideto Kagawa

as Chiyomaru

Mie Hayashi

as The Tsuyamas' maid

Keiko Kojima

as Matsushima

Hiroshi Nawa

as Kuroiwa Shuzen

Tatsuo Matsumura

as Tsuyama Mataemon

Takayuki Akutagawa

as Narrator (voice)