A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse Explained

A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse
Native Name:	Kanji: 怪猫トルコ風呂 Revhep: Kaibyō Toruko furo
Director:	Kazuhiko Yamaguchi
Starring:	Naomi Tani
Music:	Jun Fukamachi
Studio:	Toei Company^[1]
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Runtime:	81 minutes
Country:	Japan
Language:	Japanese

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

• 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

In 2022, a 2K restoration of the film was released on Blu-ray in Region A by Mondo Macabro.^[5]

Further reading

• Book: Uchiyama, Kazuki. 2008. 怪奇と幻想への回路: 怪談からJホラーへ. 24. ja.

Notes and References

1. 1982. Kōmei. ja. Kōmei. 246–251. 161. December 24, 2020.
2. Book: 2006. ナイトメア叢書. Nightmare Series. ja. 3. 129. 9784787291813. 一柳廣孝. 吉田司雄.
3. Book: 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. ja. 192. 9784582854763.
4. Book: Sharp, Jasper. 2011. Historical Dictionary of Japanese Cinema. Scarecrow Press. 86. 978-0810857957.
5. Web site: A Haunted Turkish Bathhouse - Limited Red Case Edition. Mondo Macabro. 26 June 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20220909030503/https://mondomacabro.bigcartel.com/product/a-haunted-turkish-bathhouse-limited-red-case-edition. 9 September 2022. dead.