Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace (怪猫有馬御殿, Kaibyō Arima goten) is a black-and-white 1953 Japanese horror film directed by Ryohei Arai for Daiei Film. It was filmed in black and white, Academy ratio format (fullscreen) and was never dubbed in English.[3] It was filmed before in 1937 under the title Arima Neko.[4].

Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace
Japanese movie poster
Directed by	Ryohei Arai
Produced by	Masaichi Nagata[1]
Written by	Tōkichi Kinoshita
Starring	Takao Irie Kotaro Bando[2]
Music by	Nakaba Takahashi
Production company	Daiei Film
Release date	December 29, 1953 (1953-12-29)
Running time	49 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

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.

Cast

• Takako Irie
• Michiko Ai
• Kōtarō Bandō
• Teruko Ōmi
• Yoshitaro Sadato
• Shōsaku Sugiyama

See also

• Arima neko, 1937 film by Shigeru Kito
• Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi - 1956 film by Bin Kado
• Ghost-Cat Wall of Hatred - 1958 film by Kenji Misumi

References

1. Galbraith,Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland and Co., Inc.
2. Galbraith,Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland and Co., Inc.
3. Galbraith,Stuart (1994). Japanese Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror Films. McFarland and Co., Inc.
4. https://film.list.co.uk/listing/270658-arima-neko-ghost-cat-of-arima-palace/

External links

• Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace on IMDb
• 怪猫有馬御殿 at the Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese)