Travels of Lord Mito: The Phantom Cat

Jul 12, 1956

0h 59m

★ 0.0

Overview

In Numada, Jyoshu, Seijun's mistress dies a horrible death at the hands of a gang of vicious vassals plotting to embezzle the Kuroda family, and her beloved cat takes revenge by becoming an incarnation of the cat.

Genres

Horror

Drama

Production Companies

Toei Company

Travels of Lord Mito: The Phantom Cat Trailers

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Cast

Mito Komon

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Ocho

Shinobu Chihara

Princess Aya

Satomi Oka

Kikunami

Chiaki Tsukioka

Kaku-san

Kunio Kaga

Yamabuki Hanshiro

Kazuo Ishii

Kurodagochi Mamoru

Sōji Kiyokawa

Suke-san

Tetsunosuke Tsukigata

Yoshiko Wakamizu

Yuriko Nanajo

Teruyo Asagumo

Joji Kaieda

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