Dark Tales of Japan

Dark Tales of Japan

Dark Tales of Japan

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Dark Tales of Japan

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

2004

1h 32m

5.8(21 votes)

Horror

TV Movie

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.

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Production Companies

TBS

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kayoko Shiraishi

Kayoko Shiraishi

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

Shozo Endo

Shozo Endo

Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman")

Yoshinori Okada

Yoshinori Okada

Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman")

Kanako Fukaura

Kanako Fukaura

Tomoko (segment "Spiderwoman")

Anri Sugihara

Anri Sugihara

Akemi (segment "Spiderwoman")

Yoko Maki

Yoko Maki

Akemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman")

Miyako Yamaguchi

Miyako Yamaguchi

Editor (segment "Spiderwoman")

Shunsuke Nakamura

Shunsuke Nakamura

Kodera (segment "Crevices")

Shigenori Yamazaki

Shigenori Yamazaki

Shimizu (segment "Crevices")

Kyusaku Shimada

Kyusaku Shimada

Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")

Creative team

Directed by: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Masayuki Ochiai

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