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Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
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Ghost Cat of Nabeshima

1949-08-23 · 83 min · ★ 6.5

Mystery · Horror

Tanuma Kandayuu is a high class samurai of the house of Nabeshima. He finds a lavish board of Go (a Chinese Board game) at Kinbei's store. He recommend Kinbei to offer it to his lord. Kinbei hesitates at first, since he knows the board has a mysterious legend surrounding it; it's believed that for every game played on the board, one death is required.

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Directors
Kunio Watanabe
Production companies
Shintoho Company
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Denjirō ŌkōchiDenjirō Ōkōchi
Michiyo KogureMichiyo Kogure
Yataro KurokawaYataro Kurokawa
Akira Nakamura
Ureo EgawaUreo Egawa
Sōji KiyokawaSōji Kiyokawa
Haruo TanakaHaruo Tanaka
Ryutaro Nagai
Unpei YokoyamaUnpei Yokoyama
Yōnosuke TobaYōnosuke Toba
Tsunemi HiroseTsunemi Hirose
Kyōzō FuyukiKyōzō Fuyuki
Yōji Misaki
Fumio Okura
Fumio Hara
Shin Terashima
Ko Yamamuro
Tetsu Tsuboi
Shin Takemura
Masao Takamatsu

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