Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained

Release, runtime and language

1968 · 86 mins · Japanese

Directed by

Yoshihiro Ishikawa

Starring

Tatsuo Matsumura, Yôichi Numata, Kōtarō Satomi, Bunta Sugawara, Kenji Kusumoto, Yuriko Mishima

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, to seize power and claim the lord’s wife. To avoid a similar fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself and her cat in a marsh. Ten years later, when Naoshige tries to take another woman, she also ends her life at the same marsh, unleashing a curse that forces him to face consequences of betrayal.