Fact1: Dr. Tetsuichiro Kuzumi In hospital during recalls past events power outage, Fact2: Yoriko is apprehensive at sight of centuries-old mansion cat, Fact3: Tetsuichiro converts part of house into clinic, Fact4: old woman arrives to clinic to bark, Fact5: Shogen and Saheiji dispose of Kokingo 's body in wall behind picture
Output: In a hospital during a power outage, Dr. Tetsuichiro Kuzumi recalls past events. In a flashback, he is shown moving with his wife Yoriko from the city of Tokyo to a house in Kyushu, in order to help cure her tuberculosis. They are accompanied by her elder brother Kenichi. On the way there, their driver sees a black cat cross the road, and nearly crashes the car over a railing and into the sea. They arrive at the centuriesold mansion, where Yoriko is apprehensive at the sight of a cat, a group of crows, and a bloodstained wall. She also sees an eerie old woman who disappears before the others can see her. Tetsuichiro converts part of the house into a clinic. The old woman arrives to the clinic, startling Tetsuichiros assistant and prompting his dog Taro to bark. As the assistant goes to fetch Tetsuichiro, the old woman vanishes from the clinic to choke Yoriko. Later, the woman reappears and tells Tetsuichiro that a family has a sick child, so he departs on a rickshaw, only to find upon arriving at his destination that the family did not send for him. In his absence, the old woman kills Taro and imitates Tetsuichiros voice, convincing Yoriko to let her in, where she is strangled again. Yoriko later informs Tetsuichiro about her dreams of cats biting her. Tetsuichiro and Kenichi visit a Buddhist temple, where a priest recounts the history of the mansion. In a flashback to the Sengoku period, it is revealed that the house was once known as Spiraea Mansion, and was overseen by Lord Ishido Sakon no Shogen, who was infamous for his short temper. One day, when the samurai Kokingo is instructed to teach him how to play Go, Kokingo accuses him of cheating, and Shogen murders him with a sword. Lady Miyaji, Kokingos blind mother, is told that Kokingo suddenly left to study after losing the game. Shogen and his assistant Saheiji dispose of Kokingos body in a wall, behind a picture. The ghost of Kokingo appears to Miyaji and informs her that he was killed by Shogen. At dinner, Miyaji tries to stab Shogen, but she fails and he sexually assaults her. Afterwards, she tells her cat Tama to avenge her and Kokingo, and commits suicide. Tama laps up her blood, and Miyajis ghost curses Shogens lineage. Shogens son Shinnojo wishes to marry a servant named Yae, but she is of a lower station. Shinnojo asks his father for his blessing, but he does not approve. Despite this, Shogen calls for Yae to massage his back, and attempts to assault her. Shinnojo catches him, and Shogen is startled by apparitions of Kokingo and Miyaji. Saheijis mother, a bakeneko, kills a servant named Sato, and both Shogen and Shinnoji are killed in a swordfight. Back in the 20th century, the priest reveals that Saheiji is an ancestor of Yoriko, and gives Tetsuichiro a charm to ward off evil spirits. During a storm that night, the wind blows away the charms. When Tetsuichiro goes to close the shutters, the old woman appears and chokes Yoriko. The wall in Yorikos room crumbles, revealing the mummified skeleton of Kokingo. In the hospital in the present day, it is explained that Yoriko and Tetsuichiro buried the skeleton properly. Yoriko finds a small cat and happily adopts it.