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Ghost of Saga Mansion
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Ghost of Saga Mansion

1953-09-08 · 97 min · ★ 7.7

Horror

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.

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Directors
Ryohei Arai
Production companies
Daiei Film
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kōtarō BandōKōtarō Bandō
Yōko Wakasugi
Teruko ŌmiTeruko Ōmi
Kikue Mōri
Shintarō Nanjō
Shōsaku SugiyamaShōsaku Sugiyama
Kunitaro Sawamura
Chieko NaniwaChieko Naniwa
Takako IrieTakako IrieOtoyo-no-kata
Shinobu Araki
Kōichi KatsuragiKōichi Katsuragi
Eigorō OnoeEigorō Onoe
Tominosuke Hayama
Fumihiko Yokoyama
Jun FujikawaJun Fujikawa
Ikkei TamakiIkkei Tamaki
Ryuji Fukui
Masayoshi Kikuno
Shigeru Hasegawa
Kōji NanbaraKōji Nanbara

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