Tales of the Unusual
2000, Japanese. Directed by Mamoru Hoshi & Masayuki Ochiai & Hisao Ogura & Masayuki Suzuki.
A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by guilt over a death they inadvertantly caused, an emotionally broken chessmaster pressed into playing a real-life game for an eccentric millionaire, a wandering medieval samurai who finds a modern-day cell phone on the ground and a person on the other end asking questions about the past, and a young couple who agree to try a computer simulation of what their future as husband and wife would be like.
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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Tales of the Bizarre: watch order
Cast & crew
- Mamoru HoshiDirector
- Masayuki OchiaiDirector
- Hisao OguraDirector
- Masayuki SuzukiDirector
- Kazuyuki AijimaManabe (segment "One Snowy Night") / Salaryman (segment "The Storyteller")
- Izumi InamoriChiharu Takajo (segment "The Marriage Simulator")
- Renji IshibashiOld Man (segment "Chess")
- Takashi KashiwabaraYuichi Tokunagi (segment "The Marriage Simulator")
- Narumi Kayashima(segment "The Marriage Simulator")
- Masahiro KomotoSeiichi Tomoda (segment "Chess")
- Saya Takagi(segment "The Marriage Simulator")
- Akihiko MurataCast
- Kiichi Nakai(segment "Samurai Cellular")
- Hideyuki NakayamaCast
- Ren OsugiYoshiaki Yamauchi (segment "One Snowy Night")
- Yukiko OkamotoKumi Kato (segment "Chess")
Details
- Released
- 3 November 2000
- Original title
- 世にも奇妙な物語 映画の特集編
- Country
- Japan
- Written by
- Tomoko Aizawa, Ryôichi Kimizuka, Motoki Nakamura
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世にも奇妙な物語 '00秋の特別編
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Tales of the Unusual: quick answers
What should I watch before Tales of the Unusual?
Watch 世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編 (1999), 世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編 (1999), 世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編 (2000), and 世にも奇妙な物語 '00秋の特別編 (2000) first, plus 6 earlier titles listed on this page.
What comes after Tales of the Unusual?
Next in the series: Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special (2001), 世にも奇妙な物語 '01春の特別編 (2001), and 世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編 (2001).
Is Tales of the Unusual worth watching?
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How long is Tales of the Unusual?
Tales of the Unusual runs 126 minutes (2h 6m).
Does Tales of the Unusual have a post-credits scene?
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Which OTT platform is Tales of the Unusual on?
Tales of the Unusual isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 November 2000. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like Tales of the Unusual?
If you liked Tales of the Unusual, try April Apocalypse, Sightseers, Your Monster.
Who directed Tales of the Unusual?
Tales of the Unusual (2000) was directed by Mamoru Hoshi and Masayuki Ochiai and Hisao Ogura and Masayuki Suzuki and stars Kazuyuki Aijima, Izumi Inamori, Renji Ishibashi.