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Summary:

Bakeneko, a Vengeful spirit: A violent and greedy Lord kills a young woman when she refuses to become his concubine, only for her cat to drink her blood and become her shapeshifting avenger.
Nang Nak: A soldier named Mak goes home from war and lives together with his wife and baby happily until a friend decides to reveal a secret.

Table of Contents:

• Bakeneko, a vengeful spirit (1968) (87 min.)
• Nang Nak (1999) (101 min.).

Contributors:

Ishikawa, Yoshihiro, 1925- , screenwriter, film director

Okada, Shigeru, 1924-2011 , film producer

Uchida, Ryōhei, 1924-1984 , actor

Mikage, Kyoko , actor

Satomi, Kōtarō, 1936- , actor

Nawa, Hiroshi, 1932-2018 , actor

Nonsī Nimibut , film producer

Visute Poolvoralaks , film producer

Winai Kraibut , actor

ʻInthirā Čharœ̄npura , actor

Manit Meekaewjaroen , actor

Pramote Suksatit , actor

Kittikhun, Nattawut , director of photography

Chatchai Pongprapaphan , composer

Pakkawat Vaiyavit , composer

Sunij Asavinikul , editor of moving image work

Severin Films , publisher

Languages:

English
Japanese
Thai

Language Notes:

Bakeneko, a vengeful spirit: Dialogue in Japanese.
Nang Nak: Dialogue in Thai.

Included Works:

Bakeneko, a vengeful spirit (Motion picture)

Nang Nak (Motion picture)

Related Series:

All the haunts be ours: a compendium of folk horror; v. 2

Subjects:

Ghosts — Japan — Drama

Folklore — Japan — Drama

Ghosts — Thailand — Drama

Folklore — Thailand — Drama

Genres:

Motion pictures

Horror films

Feature films

Fiction films

System Details:

Bakeneko: Blu-ray; region A; mono.
Nang Nak: Blu-ray; regions A; 5.1 surround, stereo.

Performers:

Cast: Cast of Bakeneko, a vengeful spirit: Ryôhei Uchida, Kyoko Mikage, Kôtarô Satomi, Hiroshi Nawa.
Cast: Cast of Nang Nak: Winai Kraibutr, Inthira Charoenpura, Manit Meekaewjaroen, Pramote Suksatit.

Production Credits:

Nang Nak: director of photograpy, Nattawut Kittikhun ; music, Chatchai Pongprapaphan, Pakkawat Vaiyavit ; editor, Sunij Asavinikul.

General Notes:

Description based on: Title from container.
Bakeneko, a vengeful spirit: Written and directed by Yoshihiro Ishikawa ; produced by Shigeru Okada.
Nang Nak: Directed by Nonzee Nimibutr ; written by Wisit Sasanatieng ; produced by Nonzee Nimibutr, Visute Poolvoralaks.
Bakeneko, a vengeful spirit originally released as a motion picture in 1968; Nang Nak originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Wide screen (1.78:1).
Special features for Bakeneko, a Vengeful Spirit include: audio commentary with Jasper Sharp, author of Behind the pink curtain: the complete history of Japanese sex cinema; scratched, a history of the Japanese ghost cat, experts Miyoko Shimura, Zack Davisson and Michael Crandol discuss fearsome felines in this new featurette produced by Jasper Sharp (23 mins); the vampire cat, Tomoko Komura reads the classic folk tale from F. Hadland Davis' 1914 anthology Myths and legends of Japan, with an original score by Timothy Fife (9 mins); trailer; short film: Man-eater mountain (Naoyuki Niiya, 2021, 27.5 mins).
Special features for Nang Nak include: audio commentary with Mattie Do, director of The long walk, and Asian gothic scholar Katarzyna Ancuta; love and impermanence: Nang Nak and the rebirth of Thai cinema; interview with director Nonzee Nimibutr (22.5 mins); trailer.

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (188 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; surround; stereo; sound

Film Characteristics:

2.35:1; 1.78:1; wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

BAK 1968 BLU

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 760137164289
Publisher Number, Severin Films: SEV16428BR (container)
Publisher Number, Severin Films: SEV16428BR (disc)

OCLC Numbers:

1472832875