One of the most noteworthy early films of the supernatural, and the first known kaibyo ("ghost-cat") film, This film was based upon Hana Saga Nekomata Zoshi ("Legend of the Cat-Demon of Saga") a kabuki play written in 1853 by Joko Segawa III in which a cat becomes possessed by drinking a suicide's blood and carries out the corpses's vengeance from beyond the grave.
Release Date | January 1, 1910 | |
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Status | Released | |
Original Title | 佐賀の夜桜 | |
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Language | Japanese | |
Original Language | Japanese | |
Production Countries | Japan | |
Production Companies | M Pathé Shôkai |