Produced by Shinkō Kinema,[2] it stars Sumiko Suzuki, an actress known for her roles in "ghost cat" films (kaibyō eiga or bake neko mono).

[2][3] Mitsue is a popular stage actress and the lover of a shamisen player named Seijuro.

She jealously murders two other objects of his affection: Okiyo, a young woman from a samurai family, and Kuro, a cat.

[3][2] In October 2018, the Indiana University Cinema held a 35 mm screening of the film.

[5] Two months later the film was also screened at the Metrograph, an independent movie theatre in Manhattan, New York.