Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968) is a horror film directed by Yoshihiro Ishikawa rated 9.0/10.

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.

Cast

Ryōhei Uchida

Nabeshima Naoshige

Kōtarō Satomi

Yuki Jonosuke

Kyoko Mikage

Yukiji

Masumi Tachibana

Lady Orin

Yuriko Mishima

Yuri

Machiko Yashiro

Lady Hyuga

Misa Toki

Sayo

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Kumi

Keiichiro Shimada

Ryuzoji Takafusa

Kenji Kusumoto

Sasaki Hayato

Yōichi Numata

Torakichi

Bunta Sugawara

Shibayama Ukon