Dark Tales of Japan

Dark Tales of Japan

92 mins | Horror, TV Movie | Sept. 22, 2004

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.

Dark Tales of Japan

92 mins | Horror, TV Movie | Sept. 22, 2004

Dark Tales of Japan
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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers TBS, Oz Company, @Movie Japan K.K.
Original title 日本のこわい夜
Directors Koji Shiraishi, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masayuki Ochiai, Norio Tsuruta, Takashi Shimizu
Writers Toshiya Ono, Katsuhide Suzuki, Naoyuki Yokota, Naoya Takayama, Koji Shiraishi, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masayuki Ochiai, Takashi Shimizu

Cast

Kayoko Shiraishi

as Old Lady in Kimono (story "Kowai hanashi, kikitai desu ka?")

Shôzô Endô

as Yamazaki (story "Spiderwoman")

Yoshinori Okada

as Hasegawa (story "Spiderwoman")

Kanako Fukaura

as Tomoko (story "Spiderwoman")

Anri Sugihara

as Akemi (story "Spiderwoman")

Yoko Maki

as Akemi's classmate (story "Spiderwoman")

Shunsuke Nakamura

as Kodera (story "Sukima")

Shigenori Yamazaki

as Shimizu

Yu Yamada

as Mayu Ooki (story "Sacrifice")

Morooka Moro

as Toshinori Ooki (story "Sacrifice")

Megumi Asaoka

as Shizuko Ooki (story "Sacrifice")

Tetta Sugimoto

as Yoshio Ishiguro (story "Blonde Kwaidan")

Teruyuki Kagawa

as Shigenori Fukawa (story "Premonition")

Hijiri Kojima

as Young woman with hat (story "Premonition")

村杉蟬之介

as Fukuda (story "Sacrifice")

Kyūsaku Shimada

as Apartment Manager (story "Sukima")