Dark Tales of Japan

Sep 22, 2004

1h 32m

★ 5.6

Five of Japan's best horror directors race to reach the outer limits of fear...

Overview

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.

Genres

Horror

TV Movie

Production Companies

@Movie Japan K.K.

Oz Company

TBS

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Cast

Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")

Kayoko Shiraishi

Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman")

Shôzô Endô

Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman")

Yoshinori Okada

Tomoko (segment "Spiderwoman")

Kanako Fukaura

Akemi (segment "Spiderwoman")

Anri Sugihara

Akemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman")

Yoko Maki

Editor (segment "Spiderwoman")

Miyako Yamaguchi

Kodera (segment "Crevices")

Shunsuke Nakamura

Shimizu (segment "Crevices")

Shigenori Yamazaki

Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")

Kyūsaku Shimada

Mayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")

Yu Yamada

Toshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")

Moro Morooka

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