Japan Synopsis
亡霊怪猫屋敷
The descendant of the servant of a cruel and vicious samurai returns to the town where she was born, only to find that a cat who is possessed by the spirits of those murdered by the samurai is trying to kill her.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Black Cat Mansion. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Shintoho Company
Drama + Horror in Japan
76 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Horror genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Black Cat Mansion itself).
The 1957–1959 Japan Window
Black Cat Mansion holds position #15 of 32 Japan films in the 1957–1959 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1950s Japan Landscape
1958 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 12 titles released, including Black Cat Mansion. Bars below show how the 1950s stacked up year by year (76 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 11 other Japan films in 1958.
The 109th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
15 audience reviews — more than 25% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 28th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Black Cat Mansion, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- black cat · 4
- possessed animal · 1
- haunted house · 17
- haunting · 9
- mansion · 6
- revenge · 210
- samurai · 128
- ghost · 84
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,427 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (47th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Japan Drama productions specifically: #1,074 of 1,933 (top 56%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Shintoho Company |
| Runtime | 1h 9m |
| Release Date | July 13, 1958 |
| IMDb | tt0202268 |