Dark Tales of Japan (2004)
日本のこわい夜
Five of Japan's best horror directors race to reach the outer limits of fear...
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.
- Date of release
- 2004-09-22
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (21)
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Genres
- Horror, TV Movie
- Director
- Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masayuki Ochiai, Takashi Shimizu, Koji Shiraishi, Norio Tsuruta
Casting
- 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")
Interesting facts
Dark Tales of Japan is a 2004 made-for-TV film anthology of five short horror stories, directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told through a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus travelling on a long isolated mountain road.
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