Ghost Cat of Nabeshima
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
83 min
Release Date
1949-08-23
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6.5
Denjirō Ōkōchi
Michiyo Kogure
Yataro Kurokawa
Akira Nakamura
Ureo Egawa
Sōji Kiyokawa
Haruo Tanaka
Ryutaro Nagai
Unpei Yokoyama
Yōnosuke Toba
Tsunemi Hirose
Kyōzō Fuyuki
Yōji Misaki
Fumio Okura
Fumio Hara
Shin Terashima
Ko Yamamuro
Tetsu Tsuboi
Shin Takemura
Masao Takamatsu
Eiichi Nobuo
Sōten Kuni
Sōzaburō Kikuchi
Toshi Komori
Rei Ishikawa
Ken Ito
Masaru Kodaka
Hiroshi Tsukiji
Kiyoshi Kusama
Akira Ubukata
Toka Onoe
Nijiko Kiyokawa
Kumiko Mizuhara
Kikuko Hanaoka
Satoko Date
Tamae Kiyokawa
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