Night-Blossoms of Saga (1910)

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.

Released Jan. 1, 1910 90 min None+

Genres: Horror, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short

Production Companies: M Pathé Shôkai

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese