Movie: Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

Top 10 Billed Cast

Takako Irie
入江たか子

Michiko Ai
阿井美千子

Yoshitaro Sadato
Yoshitaro Sadato

Shōsaku Sugiyama
杉山昌三九

Kōtarō Bandō
坂東好太郎

Teruko Ōmi
近江輝子

Reiko Kitami
北見禮子

Kimiko Tachibana
橘公子

Reiko Kongō
金剛麗子

Keiko Koyanagi
小柳圭子

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    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

  • Release Date

    1953-12-29

  • Average

    8

  • Rating:

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  • Languages:

    日本語

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