In ancient Japanese folklore there is a cat that like the bat in Western mythology, kills a beautiful maiden by biting her neck then sucking her blood. After burying her body it assumes her identity, it then turns its attention to the maidens' lover, a handsome prince. During nightly visits the vampire weakens the prince to the point of death by gradually extracting the life force from his body. The princes aide decides to stand guard over his master throughout the night, and forces the cat to escape to the mountains where it is hunted down and killed.

In 1929 a London newspaper carried an article suggesting that this Vampire Cat was, according to local Japanese belief, setting out to ensnare the wives of the old Samurai warriors.

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