Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit

Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit (1968) is a horror directed by Yoshihiro Ishikawa rated 9.0/10.

Nabeshima Naoshige murders his lord, Ryuzoji Takafusa, seeking to gain power and steal his Lord’s wife. To avoid her fate, Lady Takafusa drowns herself along with her cat in a nearby marsh. A decade later, Naoshige’s efforts to steal another woman trigger a curse on him when she also commits suicide at the same marsh — forcing him to suffer the consequences of his past actions.