A quintessential example of the period "ghost cat" (bakeneko or kaibyo) movie, this was one of at least six such titles released by the studio Shinko Kinema between 1937-40 featuring Japan's first scream queen, Sumiko Suzuki. Here she plays Mitsue, the possessive onna-kabuki actress betrothed to apprentice shamisen player Seijiro. When one day Okiyo, a beautiful young girl of samurai class, is led to Seijiro's house by his lost cat Kuro, she becomes besotted with him. Dark jealous passions are invoked in Mitsue, which are intensified when Seijiro gifts Okiyo his precious shamisen. The cat is the first to suffer at the end of Mitsue's hairpin, but returns from the grave to assist Okiyo's younger sister Onui avenge her sister's murder.
Horror Express
Horror
6.3
Paddington in Peru
Family, Comedy, Adventure
6.9
The Wages of Fear
Action
6.2
The Substance
Horror, Science Fiction
7.1
A Little Something Extra
Comedy
7.1
When Fall Is Coming
Drama, Thriller, Comedy
6.5
Presence
Horror, Thriller, Drama
6.0
Anora
Drama, Comedy, Romance
7.1
Queer
Drama, Romance
6.7
Oppenheimer
Drama, History
8.1
The Killer
Action, Thriller, Crime
6.4
Beethoven's 3rd
Family, Comedy
5.2
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.8
Home for Rent
Horror, Thriller, Mystery
6.9
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Drama, Romance
6.8
The Celebration
Drama
7.7
Handling the Undead
Horror, Drama, Mystery
5.9
Dirty Angels
Action, Drama, Thriller, War
6.3
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Drama, Thriller, Crime
7.7
Juror #2
Crime, Drama
6.8
Homecoming
Horror
10.0
Rapine
Drama, Crime, Horror
7.1
Detention
Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Drama
6.7
Those Who Walk Away
Horror, Drama
4.3
Thir13en Ghosts
Horror, Thriller
6.3
Curse of the Blood
Horror
6.7
Vampire Hunter D
Animation, Fantasy, Horror
6.6
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
6.4
A Hot Summer Night
Fantasy, Comedy, Horror
0.0
Unfriended
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
5.5
Hooknasty
Comedy, Drama, Horror
0.0
Truth or Dare
Thriller, Horror
5.9
The Return of the Vampire
Horror
6.1
The Temptress and the Monk
Horror, Drama, Fantasy
0.0
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
7.6
Orgy of the Damned
Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
1.9
The Last Supper
Thriller, Adventure, Horror
1.5
The Seventh Victim
Horror, Mystery
6.5
The Night Walker
Thriller, Horror, Mystery
6.6
The Ghost-Cat Cursed Wall
Horror
7.0