佐賀の夜桜

Night-Blossoms of Saga

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.

Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Status
Finished
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Type
Movie
Format
Movie
Episodes
1
Status
Finished
Start Date
Jan 1, 1910
Season
1910
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0
Popularity
0
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0
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Producers
M Pathé Shôkai
Genres
Horror
Country
Japan
English
Night-Blossoms of Saga

Description

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.

Immersion

Japanese

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