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Ghost-Cat Of Arima Palace
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. 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 * 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 (2 March 1921 – 24 September 1975) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryohei Arai (director)
(22 October 1901 – 22 October 1980) was a Japanese film director. He directed films from the 1930s to 1950s, especially jidaigeki and ghost movies based on kaidan. Filmography Ryohei Arai directed 47 films: * Tsubanari Ronin (1939) * Zoku Tsubanari Ronin (1940) * ''Ghost-Cat of Arima Palace'' (Kaibyō Arima ) (1953) * ''Ghost of Saga Mansion is a 1953 Japanese horror film directed by Ryohei Arai. It was filmed in Black and White, academy ratio format (full screen). It was never dubbed in English, nor shown in the United States theatrically. Cast * Kōtarō Bandō * Kunitarō Saw ...'' (Kaidan Saga yashiki) (1953) * (赤穂義士 Akō gishi) (1954) References Japanese film directors 1901 births 1980 deaths {{Japan-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Ryohei Arai
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1953 Horror Films
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Daiei Film Films
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Kadokawa Dwango Franchises
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1953 Films
The year 1953 in film involved some significant events. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1953 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 16 – A new Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. is incorporated following a Consent Judgment to divest their Stanley Warner Theaters. * February 5 – Walt Disney's production of J.M. Barrie's ''Peter Pan'', starring Bobby Driscoll and Kathryn Beaumont, premieres to astounding acclaim from critics and audiences and quickly becomes one of the most beloved Disney films. This is the last Disney animated movie released in partnership RKO Pictures, becoming the last ever smash hit movie of the later company before it bankrupted in 1959. * July 1 – ''Stalag 17'', directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden, premieres and is considered by the critics and audiences to be one of the greatest WWII Prisoner of War films ever made. Holden wins the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Black-and-white Films
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Japanese Horror Films
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Kenji Misumi
(2 March 1921 – 24 September 1975) was a Japanese film director. He created film series such as ''Lone Wolf and Cub'' and the initial film in the long-running ''Zatoichi'' series, and also directed ''Hanzo the Razor: Sword of Justice'', starring Shintaro Katsu. He died at age 54. In 2012, his 1973 film ''Sakura no Daimon'' was voted by Makoto Shinozaki at the BFI The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time. Biography Kenji Misumi was born on March 2, 1921. His father was a Kobe entrepreneur Fukujiro Misumi and his mother was a geisha from Kyoto's pleasure district who went by the name Shizu. The parents were not in a formal relationship and neither parent wanted to take care of Kenji. This led to him being taken care of by his aunt Shika with Fukujiro financially supporting him. This led to Kenji Misumi later being enrolled in the Ritsumeikan business school. Kenji was more interested in film, specifically ''chanbara'' films with actors like Tsumasaburo Bando and Denjiro Okochi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost-Cat Wall Of Hatred
is a 1958 black and white Japanese horror film directed by Kenji Misumi for Daiei Films. Plot When Lord Maeda loses his wife Lady Maeda, his retainer Tadokoro and lady-in-waiting Satsuki try to get him interested in their protege Natsue. But Maeda has taken an interest in Shino, the woman who cares for his little son Nobuchiyo, and protects his dead wife's black cat. Shino confides in her brother Takeuchi, a fencing teacher, that Maeda has asked her to marry him. He advises her to marry Maeda. When she objects, he tells her she must then be honest. Shino and the man she is in love with, Atsumi, meet secretly in a mausoleum and decide to tell Lord Maeda they wish to marry. Men led by Tadokoro and Satsuki attack them there, and Shino is killed. When they emtomb her in a wall of the mausoleum, they also bury the black cat behind the wall with her body. A cat's shadow begins to appear on the mausoleum wall, catlike noises are heard, and Satsuki falls ill. Painting over the wall ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost-Cat Of Gojusan-Tsugi
is a 1956 Japanese horror film directed by Bin Kado and produced by Daiei Film. It was filmed in black-and-white in the Academy ratio format. Cast * Shintaro Katsu as Minami Sanjiro See also * Japanese horror Japanese horror is horror fiction derived from popular culture in Japan, generally noted for its unique thematic and conventional treatment of the horror genre differing from the traditional Western representation of horror. Japanese horror tends ... References External links * * Japanese horror films 1956 films Japanese black-and-white films Daiei Film films 1956 horror films 1950s fantasy films 1950s ghost films 1950s Japanese films {{1950s-horror-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
