

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit
1968, Japanese. Directed by Yoshihiro Ishikawa.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
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Cast & crew
- Yoshihiro IshikawaDirector
- Ryōhei UchidaNabeshima Naoshige
- Kōtarō SatomiYuki Jonosuke
- Kyoko MikageYukiji
- Masumi TachibanaLady Orin
- Yuriko MishimaYuri
- Machiko YashiroLady Hyuga
- Misa TokiSayo
- Mitsuko YoshikawaKumi
- Keiichiro ShimadaRyuzoji Takafusa
- Kenji KusumotoSasaki Hayato
- Yōichi NumataTorakichi
- Bunta SugawaraShibayama Ukon
Details
- Released
- 12 July 1968
- Original title
- 怪猫 呪いの沼
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Yoshihiro Ishikawa
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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit runs 86 minutes (1h 26m).
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Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 12 July 1968. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit?
Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968) was directed by Yoshihiro Ishikawa and stars Ryōhei Uchida, Kōtarō Satomi, Kyoko Mikage.