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Night-Blossoms of Saga

"Lost film"

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.

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Release DateJanuary 1, 1910
StatusReleased
Original Title佐賀の夜桜
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LanguageJapanese
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CountriesJapan
Production CompaniesM Pathé Shôkai
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