Dark Tales of Japan
2004, Japanese. Directed by Norio Tsuruta & Takashi Shimizu & Koji Shiraishi & Yoshihiro Nakamura & Masayuki Ochiai.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Japanese
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- Norio TsurutaDirector
- Takashi ShimizuDirector
- Koji ShiraishiDirector
- Yoshihiro NakamuraDirector
- Masayuki OchiaiDirector
- Kayoko ShiraishiOld Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
- Shozo EndoYamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman")
- Yoshinori OkadaHasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman")
- Kanako FukauraTomoko (segment "Spiderwoman")
- Anri SugiharaAkemi (segment "Spiderwoman")
- Yoko MakiAkemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman")
- Miyako YamaguchiEditor (segment "Spiderwoman")
- Shunsuke NakamuraKodera (segment "Crevices")
- Shigenori YamazakiShimizu (segment "Crevices")
- Kyusaku ShimadaApartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
- Yu YamadaMayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
- Moro MorookaToshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Details
- Released
- 22 September 2004
- Original title
- 日本のこわい夜
- Country
- Japan
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Dark Tales of Japan runs 92 minutes (1h 32m).
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Who directed Dark Tales of Japan?
Dark Tales of Japan (2004) was directed by Norio Tsuruta and Takashi Shimizu and Koji Shiraishi and Yoshihiro Nakamura and Masayuki Ochiai and stars Kayoko Shiraishi, Shozo Endo, Yoshinori Okada.