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怪猫 謎の三味線 (1938)
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.
Updated Jun 1 2020
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Cast
Junzaburô Ban
Shôzô Nanbu
Tokusaburo Arashi
Yôko Umemura
Osen
Kinue Utagawa
Okiyo
Eigoro Onoe
Mitsugu Terashima
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Crew
Kiyohiko Ushihara
Director
Tokichi Kinoshita
Original Story
Tokichi Kinoshita
Screenplay
Takenori Takahashi
Director of Photography
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