is a 1953 Japanese horror film directed by Ryohei Arai and produced by Daiei Film. Filmed in black and white in the Academy ratio format, it stars Takako Irie and Kotaro Bando.

A prior version of the story, titled Arima Neko, was released in 1937.

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

Plot

Okoyo, the mistress of Lord Arima, fears that she is being replaced by a younger woman named Otaki. In a fit of jealousy, she kills the younger girl. The dead woman's cat licks her blood and becomes a demon, seeking revenge on Okoyo. There are scenes of disembodied heads floating around and one in which the ghost, with her hands folded in like a cat's paws, forces two of her victims to tumble around repeatedly.

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

Cast

Takako Irie

Michiko Ai

Kōtarō Bandō

Teruko Ōmi

Yoshitaro Sadato

Shōsaku Sugiyama

See also

Japanese horror

Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi - a 1956 film directed by Bin Kado

Ghost-Cat Wall of Hatred - a 1958 film directed by Kenji Misumi

References

External links

Japanese horror films

Japanese black-and-white films

1953 films

Kadokawa Dwango franchises

Daiei Film films

1953 horror films

Films directed by Ryohei Arai

1950s fantasy films

1950s Japanese films

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace