Ten Nights of Dreams

Jan 27, 2007

1h 51m

★ 6.4

Overview

Based on renowned Japanese writer Natsume Soseki's same-titled short story collection, Ten Nights of Dreams brings ten fantastical dream sequences to film with great visual and psychological panache. Representing the combined efforts of eleven directors, this outstanding anthology delves into the surreal subconscious with ten madly imaginative, reality-subverting visions that range from wonderfully wacky to nightmarishly unsettling.

Genres

Fantasy

Horror

Production Companies

Nikkatsu Corporation

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Cast

Tsugumi

Kyoko Koizumi

Hyakken

Suzuki Matsuo

Man

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Monk

Umenosuke Nakamura

Soseki

Keisuke Horibe

Mirror child

Yuu Kashii

Soseki

Koji Yamamoto

Haruka

Rio Kanno

Masako

Mikako Ichikawa

Shotaro

Koji Ohkura

Yoshizumi Ishihara

Soseki

Hiroshi Fujioka

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