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.
Cast
Kayoko Shiraishi
Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Shôzô Endô
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")
Kyūsaku Shimada
Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
Yu Yamada
Mayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Moro Morooka
Toshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Megumi Asaoka
Shizuko Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Seminosuke Murasugi
Fukuda (segment "Sacrifice")
Tetta Sugimoto
Yoshio Ishiguro (segment "Blonde Kwaidan")
Teruyuki Kagawa
Shigenori Fukawa (segment "Premonition")
Hijiri Kojima
Young woman with hat (segment "Premonition")
Hisako Ôkata
Old Woman (segment "Premonition")
Yasukiyo Umeno
Old Man (segment "Premonition")
Tatsuya Gashûin
Man on Bus (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Bus Driver (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Risa Sasaoka
Schoolgirl (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
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- Release Date 09/22/2004
- Language Japanese
- Directors Koji Shiraishi, Takashi Shimizu, Norio Tsuruta, Masayuki Ochiai, Yoshihiro Nakamura
- Companies @Movie Japan K.K., Oz Company, TBS
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | Sep 22, 2004 | Theatrical | — |
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