Rent The Haunted Castle (1969)
3.4 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 22min
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- Synopsis:
- A blind monk is killed in a cowardly manner by a samurai lord. When the monk's sister is ordered to become the lord's concubine, she commits suicide and transfers her grudge to their black cat, who assumes the human form of one of the lord's ladies-in-waiting and begins to wreak havoc around the castle court. The lord's Machiavellian right-hand man (Rokko Toura) and a young swordsman (Kojiro Hongo) combine forces to solve the mystery and stop the supernatural menace. Based on an 18th-century legend, this is one of the finest and most atmospheric examples of the Japanese ghost cat genre, which combines motifs similar to Western werewolf tales with demonic possession.
- Actors:
- Kôjirô Hongô, Naomi Kobayashi, Mitsuyo Kamei, Yôko Atsuta, Yûtarô Ban, Jun Fujikawa, Seishirô Hara, Teruyo Higashiyama, Yukio Horikita, Tadashi Iwata, Kiyoshi Kasuga, Akane Kawasaki, Gen Kuroki, Kyôko Miwa, Ikuko Môri, Shôzô Nanbu, Shintarô Nanjô, Natsuko Oka, Eigorô Onoe, Yorie Santô
- Directors:
- Tokuzô Tanaka
- Producers:
- Masaichi Nagata
- Writers:
- Shôzaburô Asai
- Aka:
- Hiroku kaibyô-den / Secret Chronicles of the Ghost-Cat
- Genres:
- Classics, Horror
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 13/10/2025
- Run Time:
- 82 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- New interview with J-horror filmmaker Mari Asato (2025, 17 mins)
- The Strange Case of Ikuko Mori - a visual essay by Tom Mes (6 mins)
- Trailer
