A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
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| Kanji | 怪猫トルコ風呂 | ||||
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| Directed by | Kazuhiko Yamaguchi | ||||
| Written by | Masahiro Kakefuda Nobuaki Nakajima | ||||
| Starring | Naomi Tani | ||||
| Music by | Jun Fukamachi | ||||
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Running time | 81 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse (Japanese: 怪猫トルコ風呂, Hepburn: Kaibyō Toruko furo) is a 1975 Japanese erotic horror film directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi.[2][3] More specifically, it belongs to the kaibyō eiga or bakeneko mono subgenre of horror films, in which the spirit of a vengeful woman manifests in the form of a "Monster cat" or "ghost cat",[4] as happens in this film.
Cast
[edit]- Naomi Tani as Yukino
- Hideo Murota as Yuzo
- Misa Ohara as Mayumi, Yukino's sister
- Taiji Tonoyama as Genzō Kakinuma, bathhouse manager
- Tomoko Mayama as Utae Kakinuma, Genzō's second wife
- Terumi Azuma as Natsuyo Kakinuma, Genzō's daughter
- Kōji Fujiyama as Toriyama, bathhouse manager
- Sami Suzuki as Saburō, bathhouse manager
- Shingo Yamashiro as Young Master
Reception
[edit]In 2022, a 2K restoration of the film was released on Blu-ray in Region A by Mondo Macabro.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kōmei". Kōmei (in Japanese). No. 246–251. 1982. p. 161. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ 一柳廣孝; 吉田司雄 (2006). ナイトメア叢書 [Nightmare Series] (in Japanese). Vol. 3. p. 129. ISBN 9784787291813.
- ^ Higuchi, Takafumi (2009). ロマンポルノと実録やくざ映画: 禁じられた70年代日本映画 [Roman Porno and Real Yakuza Movies: Forbidden 70's Japanese Movies] (in Japanese). p. 192. ISBN 9784582854763.
- ^ Sharp, Jasper (2011). Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0810857957.
- ^ "A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse - Limited Red Case Edition". Mondo Macabro. Archived from the original on 9 September 2022. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
Further reading
[edit]- Uchiyama, Kazuki (2008). 怪奇と幻想への回路: 怪談からJホラーへ (in Japanese). p. 24.
External links
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