Borei Kaibyo Yashiki (1958)

Original title

亡霊怪猫屋敷

Directed by

Nobuo Nakagawa

Genre

horror film, ghost film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 09m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family moves into a mansion haunted by a ghost cat. The story jumps between present day and past events to show how the curse began.

atmosphericspookynostalgicnonlinearmoodysupernaturalcreepy

What happens

Black Cat Mansion (Japanese: 亡霊怪猫屋敷, Hepburn: Bōrei kaibyō yashiki; lit. Mansion of the Ghost Cat) is a 1958 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa for Shintoho. The film is presented in a nonlinear narrative, taking place in the characters' present and past (which are filmed in blue-tinted black-and-white), and in the distant past (filmed in color). It is one of several Japanese "ghost cat" films (kaibyō eiga), featuring a cat-like supernatural entity. Black Cat Mansion was released in Japan in 1958. It was not dubbed in English, nor was it shown theatrically in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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