Watch The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen (1938) Online

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. Read More

Watch The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen online. Featuring Sumiko Suzuki and Mitsuko Mori, The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen is classified as Horror genre movie with an average rating across the web of 7. It is available for streaming online in the USA The movie was filmed in Japan and was released on 1938. The Ghost Cat and the Mysterious Shamisen was directed by Kiyohiko Ushihara. Read Less