In 1975, directed by Kazuhiko Yamaguchi. What’s interesting is that it had a slightly altered setting based on Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Black Cat.' In Poe's 'The Black Cat,' a cat that is brutally murdered is buried in the wall, whereas in this film, it’s a corpse of a woman that is buried. The curse begins from the blood of the black cat that stains the wall. It was quite an intriguing premise. The story revolves around Yukino (Naomi Tani), who decided to wash her hands of the profession due to the nationwide abolition of the red-light district, but ends up returning to the newly opened Turkish bath 'Maihime' to repay her boyfriend Shikauchi (Hideo Murata)’s debts. However, it turns out that Shikauchi was only using Yukino as a cash cow. Moreover, he even steals the virginity of Yukino’s younger sister Mayumi (Misa Ohara), who just moved to Tokyo from Tohoku. Shikauchi, who has become the mistress of a Turkish bath’s madam, cruelly beats Yukino to death as if she is of no use anymore, and buries her in the wall...
