THE HAUNTED CASTLE (RADIANCE FILMS) (BLU-RAY)

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Release date: 6/23/2026

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A blind monk is killed in a cowardly manner by a samurai lord. When the monk's sister is ordered to become the lord's concubine, she commits suicide and transfers her grudge to their black cat, who assumes the human form of one of the lord's ladies-in-waiting and begins to wreak havoc around the castle court. The lord's machiavellian right-hand man (Rokko Toura, Kuroneko) and a young swordsman (Kojiro Hongo, The Bride from Hades) combine forces to solve the mystery and stop the supernatural menace.

Based on an 18th-century legend, this is one of the finest and most atmospheric examples of the Japanese ghost cat genre, which combines motifs similar to Western werewolf tales with demonic possession.

Bonus Materials

• New 4K restoration by Radiance Films
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• New interview with J-horror filmmaker Mari Asato (2025, 17 mins)
• The Strange Case of Ikuko Mori: a visual essay by Tom Mes (6 mins)
• Trailer
• New English subtitle translation

Sales Points

• New, stand-alone, tradewide edition of the film from the sold-out DAIEI GOTHIC Vol. 2 Collection
• A significant film, it was the first full-color widescreen Kaibyō film, a Japanese subgenre of supernatural Horror about ghost cats
• For fans of Gothic Horror, J-Horror, Folk Horror, and Chanbara films
• For fans of CAT PEOPLE, KURONEKO, and KWAIDAN