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
6.4
WALL·E
Animation, Family, Science Fiction
8.1
Interstellar
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
8.4
Deadpool & Wolverine
Action, Comedy, Science Fiction
7.7
Beetlejuice
Fantasy, Comedy
7.4
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
8.4
Monsters, Inc.
Animation, Comedy, Family
7.8
Whiplash
Drama, Music
8.4
Batman Begins
Action, Crime, Drama
7.7
The Avengers
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
7.7
The Shining
Horror, Thriller
8.2
Bridge to Terabithia
Adventure, Drama, Family
7.3
The Godfather
Drama, Crime
8.7
The Dark Knight
Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
8.5
They Live
Science Fiction, Action
7.3
Fury
War, Drama, Action
7.5
Batman
Fantasy, Action, Crime
7.2
Lady and the Tramp
Family, Animation, Romance
7.1
Ratatouille
Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
7.8
Nightcrawler
Crime, Drama, Thriller
7.7
Vampire Hunter D
Animation, Fantasy, Horror
6.6
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
Horror, Thriller, Fantasy
6.4
Danemon Ban: The Monster Exterminator
Animation, Comedy, Horror
4.5
Alien Resurrection
Science Fiction, Horror, Action
6.2
Curse of the Blood
Horror
6.7
The Seventh Victim
Horror, Mystery
6.4
Thir13en Ghosts
Horror, Thriller
6.2
Detention
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
6.7
The Drawer Part II
Comedy, Horror, Thriller
0.0
The Temptress and the Monk
Horror, Drama, Fantasy
0.0
Orgy of the Damned
Horror, Fantasy, Thriller
1.8
The Last Thanksgiving
Horror, Thriller, Mystery, Drama
0.0
Spellbinder
Horror, Drama, Romance
5.9
The Night Walker
Thriller, Horror, Mystery
6.5
Death of Hope Part 1: Anarchy Reigns
Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Animation
8.0
Ghost Story: Passion in Fukagawa
Horror, History
0.0
The Phantom Cat
Horror, Drama
0.0
J-Horror Anthology: Legends
Horror
6.0
Summer of Demon
Drama, Horror
5.0
Peony Lantern Ghost Story
Horror
10.0