Dark Tales of Japan
“Five of Japan's best horror directors race to reach the outer limits of fear...”
2004•G•1h 32m•5.8•Released
HorrorTV Movie
Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.
Director
Yoshihiro Nakamura
Languages
Japanese
Studio
@Movie Japan K.K.
Cast
Kayoko Shiraishi
Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Shozo Endo
Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman")
Yoshinori Okada
Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman")
Kanako Fukaura
Tomoko (segment "Spiderwoman")
Anri Sugihara
Akemi (segment "Spiderwoman")
Yoko Maki
Akemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman")
Miyako Yamaguchi
Editor (segment "Spiderwoman")
Shunsuke Nakamura
Kodera (segment "Crevices")
Shigenori Yamazaki
Shimizu (segment "Crevices")
Kyusaku Shimada
Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
Yu Yamada
Mayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Moro Morooka
Toshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Megumi Asaoka
Shizuko Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Seminosuke Murasugi
Fukuda (segment "Sacrifice")
Tetta Sugimoto
Yoshio Ishiguro (segment "Blonde Kwaidan")
Production
Company
@Movie Japan K.K.
Company
Oz Company
Company
TBS
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