Movie: Ghost of Saga Mansion

Top 10 Billed Cast

Kōtarō Bandō
Kōtarō Bandō

Yōko Wakasugi
若杉曜子

Teruko Omi
近江輝子

Kikue Mōri
毛利菊枝

Shintarō Nanjō
南條新太郎

Shōsaku Sugiyama
杉山昌三九

Kunitaro Sawamura
四代目 澤村國太郎

Chieko Naniwa
浪花千栄子

Takako Irie
入江たか子

Otoyo-no-kata

Shinobu Araki
荒木忍

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    A woman loses her son through an evil conspiracy and commits suicide. Shortly afterwards a ghost cat begins haunting the conspirators. This is Takako Irie's first bakeneko (ghost cat) movie; it started a Daiei cycle which was very popular at the time in Japan.

  • Release Date

    1953-09-03

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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