Dark Tales of Japan
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| Dark Tales of Japan | |
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 US DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Yoshihiro Nakamura Masayuki Ochiai Takashi Shimizu Koji Shiraishi Norio Tsuruta |
| Produced by | Takashige Ichise Takeshi Moriya Toshinori Nishimae Jeremy Alter |
| Written by | Yoshihiro Nakamura Masayuki Ochiai Toshiya Ono Takashi Shimizu Koji Shiraishi Katsuhide Suzuki Naoya Takayama Naoyuki Yokota |
| Music by | Henning Lohner |
| Cinematography | David Doyle |
| Distributed by | TBS |
| Released | September 2004 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| IMDb profile | |
Dark Tales of Japan (日本のこわい夜 Nippon no kowai yoru) was a Japanese horror program which aired on TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System) in September of 2004. It featured five segments by different directors.
Contents |
[edit] Segments
- The Spiderwoman (Kumo Onna) Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura
- Crevices (Sukima) Directed by Norio Tsuruta
- The Sacrifice (Onamakubi) Directed by Koji Shiraishi
- Blonde Kwaiden (Kinpatsu Kaiden) Directed by Takashi Shimizu
- Presentiment (Yokan) Directed by Masayuki Ochiai
[edit] DVD Releases
On April 1, 2005 Geneon released Dark Tales of Japan on DVD in Japan. Wellspring followed that with a US release on October 25, 2005.
[edit] Cast
- Kayoko Shiraishi ... Old Lady in Kimono (intro)
- Shozo Endo ... Yamazaki (story "The Spiderwoman")
- Yoshinori Okada ... Hasegawa (story "The Spiderwoman")
- Kanako Fukaura ... Tomoko (story "The Spiderwoman")
- Anri Sugihara ... Akemi (story "The Spiderwoman")
- Yoko Maki ... Akemi's classmate (story "The Spiderwoman")
- Miyako Yamaguchi
- Shunsuke Nakamura ... Kodera (story "Crevices")
- Shigenori Yamazaki ... Shimizu
- Yu Yamada ... Mayu Ooki (story "The Sacrifice")
- Moro Morooka ... Toshinori Ooki (story "The Sacrifice")
- Megumi Asaoka ... Shizuko Ooki (story "The Sacrifice")
- Tetta Sugimoto ... Yoshio Ishiguro (story "Blonde Kwaidan")
- Teruyuki Kagawa ... Shigenori Fukawa (story "Presentiment")
- Hijiri Kojima ... Young woman with hat (story "Presentiment")
- Tatsuya Gashuin
- Seminosuke Murasugi ... Fukuda (story "The Sacrifice")
- Kyusaku Shimada ... Apartment Manager (story "Crevices")
[edit] External links
- Dark Tales of Japan review at SaruDama
