Tales of the Bizarre in order

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

1990

世にも奇妙な物語 冬の特別編

1991

世界奇妙物语1991年春之特别篇

1991 · 114 min

Tales of the Bizarre: Spring Special aired on April 4, 1991.

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

1991

世にも奇妙な物語 冬の特別編

1991

世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

1992

世にも奇妙な物語 冬の特別編

1992

世にも奇妙な物語 真夏の特別編

1993

世にも奇妙な物語 冬の特別編

1994

世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

1994

世にも奇妙な物語 七夕の特別編

1994

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

1994

世にも奇妙な物語 冬の特別編

1995

世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

1995

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

1995

世にも奇妙な物語 冬の特別編

1996

世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

1996

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

1996

Tales of the Bizarre: Christmas Eve Special

1996

"Tales of the Bizarre", in which familiar storyteller Tamori and a star-studded cast take us into a "strange world". This time, Tamori, the storyteller, will present five gems: Gorilla, The Terrifying Karaoke Singing Battle, Telepathic Love, Housewife Sachiko's Secret Pleasure and Merry Christmas 2040

世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

1997

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

1997

世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

1998

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

1998

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

世にも奇妙な物語 '00秋の特別編

2000

Tales of the Unusual

2000 · 126 min

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.

Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special

2001 · 125 min

Consisting of 5 stories: 1. Extra Synopsis: A man decides to go against a society whose every action and exchange of dialogue has already been prewritten in the screenplay of life. 2. 13-banme no Kyaku (Guest no. 13) Synopsis: A short-tempered man gets his hair cut at a strange barber shop only to find that he cannot leave before going through a certain process. 3. Black Room Synopsis: A son returns home from America to find his hometown shrouded in black and his parents behaving very strangely. 4. Boku wa Tabi o Suru (I'm Taking a Trip) Synopsis: A man’s older sister goes on a trip without realizing the terrifying truth. 5. Otona Juken (Adult Test) Synopsis: A young man must prove that he is truly an adult through a series of real life scenario tests.

世にも奇妙な物語 '01春の特別編

2001

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

2001

世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

2002

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

2002

世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

2003

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

2003

世にも奇妙な物語 春の特別編

2004

世にも奇妙な物語 秋の特別編

2004

Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Spring Special

2005 · 115 min

Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Fall Special

2005

Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special

2006 · 120 min

***Replay A man sees his dead girlfriend through his digital camcorder. ***Inochibi (Life Force) A nurse is able to save dying patients with her 'life force'. ***Ame no Houmonsha (The Visitor in the Rain) A woman visits her sister on a rainy night to celebrate her birthday, but finds a stranger in her house who may be a murderer at large... ***Okusanya-san (The Wife Seller) A man stumbles upon a shop selling perfect wives. ***Imakiyo-san (Mr. Imakiyo) A student finds a spirit called Imakiyo in his apartment, and he has to obey three rules or suffer the consequences...

Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Fall Special

2006 · 138 min

***Kyouko-san (Miss Kyouko) A young therapist at a hospital investigates when a spirit appears and kills people who say "Kyouko-san, Kyouko-san, please make me pretty" to the bathroom mirror. ***Buchou OL (Manager-OL) [office lady] An OL and her boss switch bodies. ***Kinou Kouen (Yesterday at the park) Domoto Koichi plays a man who loses his friend due to a freak accident. He then finds that through a time slip, he can return to the previous day and save his friend. ***Neko ga Ongaeshi (Cat Repays a Favor) Kashiwagi Emi (Uchiyama Rina) is unable to get over her grandmother's death. Her cat Kuro decides he will cure her loneliness. ***Kazoku Kaigi (Family Meeting) A family of three meet with a car accident, but strangely wake up in their home the next morning. They are then told that they have to sacrifice one of them so two may live.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2007 Spring Special

2007 · 115 min

***Sainou-dama A talentless young musician receives a spam email advertising "Talent Balls"--three lollipops which when eaten will awaken your hidden talents and turn you into a savant. However, what awakens within him turns out to be far from what he expects. ***Virtual Memory A women is understress at her job and goes to a store that offers her a machine that allows her to live other peoples memories. What happens when she starts selling hers? ***Funsadan Kyouiku A new teacher finds that her pay is based off her popularity with the students, so she starts to create problems for herself to solve. ***Gozen 2-ji no Chime A writer gets a call at his front gate every day at 2 am, but no one believes him. And then a murder happens and none of the cameras pick the criminal up. ***Kaisou Densha An old man revisiting memories on the subway.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2007 Fall Special

2007 · 144 min

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2007 Fall Special" presents five tales. 1. Mirai Dousoukai - starring Ishihara Satomi. 2. Countdown - starring Abe Sadao. 3. Jihanki Otoko - starring Joshima Shigeru. 4. Gomi Onna - starring Matsushita Yuki. 5. 48% no Koi - starring Shiraishi Miho. Synopsis: A "trainee angel" named Natsumi works on Earth for an advertising company. In order for her to become a fully-fledged angel, Natsumi must facilitate the meeting of a man and a woman who are destined "by fate" to spend their lives together, and she has her sights on a man who works in the same building.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special

2008 · 144 min

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2008 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Sakki Yori mo Ii Hito - starring Ito Hideaki. 2. Kore……Mite…… - starring Toda Erika. 3. Hinodedori Shouten Machi Ikiiki Day - starring Funakoshi Eiichiro. 4. Sukitōtta Tsuitachi - starring Kitano Kie. 5. Flashback - starring Sakai Masato.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Fall Special

2008 · 112 min

Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special

2009 · 115 min

Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Fall Special

2009

Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Episode Competition

2010 · 100 min

Tales of the Bizarre 20th Anniversary Fall Special: Popular Author Competition

2010

Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Spring Special

2011 · 115 min

Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Fall Special

2011

Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Spring Special

2012

Tales of the Bizarre: 2012 Autumn Special

2012 · 106 min

Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Spring Special

2013 · 130 min

Tales of the Bizarre: 2013 Autumn Special

2013

Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Spring Special

2014 · 90 min

Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special

2014 · 130 min

An omnibus special comprised of five segments.

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition

2015 · 110 min

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of the series. In this work, we collaborate with five popular manga artists such as Go Nagai, Junji Ito, Eiichiro Oda, Kazuo Umezu and Masayuki Ishikawa.

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Masterpiece Revival Collection

2015 · 120 min

Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection

2015 · 120 min

"Box" Shuko Yoshino (played by Yuko Takeuchi), a researcher at a medical university, was suddenly hit in the head while working. When she woke up, she found herself locked in a sealed metal box. Ryota Murakami (played by Satoshi His Wife), a single office worker in "Glasses Bring Happiness", accidentally received a smart glasses. With the help of the glasses, he began to interact with the beautiful woman. Ayumu Miura (played by Mizuki Yamamoto); "Fierce House" Yukiko (Played by Miki Nakatani) Moved into a new house with her daughter Zhuli, but there seemed to be a terrible grudge living here; Hatsuno (played by Takashi Abe), the head of the financing department of "×", accidentally found a × on his forehead, but the people around him couldn't see it at all. Shotaro (played by Shinnosuke Manjima) is experiencing a difficult moment in life. When he was pushed to the extreme, he suddenly told the first lie in the world, and he and his two friends embarked on a magical journey.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Spring Special

2016 · 120 min

Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special

2016 · 130 min

An omnibus special featuring four stories: two former bullies who reunite years after their friend’s suicide and face a terrifying coincidence; a banker who becomes the target of cruel public criticism; an announcer who starts giving away her possessions after taking a monk’s advice; and three men caught in a battle of wits over a drug trafficking case on a train.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Spring Special

2017

Tales of the Bizarre: 2017 Fall Special

2017

Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Spring Special

2018

Tales of the Bizarre: 2018 Fall Special

2018 · 105 min

Tales of the Bizarre: 2019 Rain Special

2019 · 130 min

An omnibus special featuring five stories: a piano student who plays a mysterious sonata, a mother searching for her missing son in a forest, a police officer battling cyborg monsters, a woman who grows a strange human head from a mysterious seed, and a high school girl forced to train for a samurai duel using vegetables as weapons.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2019 Fall Special

2019 · 105 min

Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Summer Special

2020

Story 1 - Stains Story 02 - Three Wishes Story 03 - Father Who Does Not Burn Story 04 - Distributor

Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special

2020 · 105 min

Coin Laundry Story: Hashimoto Manabu is a temporary worker who has been laid off and has no choice but to live on part-time work. One day, he finishes washing his work clothes at a coin laundry and is about to put it into a dryer but the dryer just will not start. .. Story: Tatemoto Masako works for Shinwa Stationery’s General Affairs Department. She seems to be a typical office staff but she possesses a strange ability to manipulate people using the power of words.. Imaginary Friend Story: Harada Saki is a university student majoring in clinical psychology. At a lecture, she learns about imaginary friends created by a figment of imagination. It is said to be most common for those who are an only child or the eldest son or daughter. ... Update Kazoku Story: Three generations of the Kurosaki family live together under one roof. But they have not been a happy for a long time and the scene when they eat breakfast as a family has changed into a savage one....

Tales of the Bizarre: 2021 Summer Special

2021 · 107 min

An omnibus special comprised of four segments: >> Story 1: "Ato 15 Byo de Shinu" (あと15秒で死ぬ) Pharmacist Mikami Megumi, working late, finds herself frozen in time with a bullet suspended in front of her. >> Story 2: "Sanzunokawa Outlet Park" (三途の川アウトレットパーク) Kimura Takashi wakes up near the Sanzu River, a place where he can earn "virtue" based on his past deeds. >> Story 3: "Deja Vu" (デジャヴ) Hikari experiences repeated déjà vu moments on her birthday, including encounters with a mysterious masked man. >> Story 4: "Naru" (成る) Famous Go player Iwaya Kentaro faces an AI opponent named "Nuisance" that triggers traumatic memories with its moves.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2021 Fall Special

2021 · 130 min

An omnibus special comprised of four segments: >> Story 1: "Skip" (スキップ) A man receives a unique door key with the power to transport him to the future, but the cost is steep: once he enters, he can never return. >> Story 2: "Yutosei" (優等生) One day, a high school girl receives her first-ever zero score in class. >> Story 3: "Fukkatsu no Jumon" (ふっかつのじゅもん) While cleaning his parents' house with his son, a man discovers the video game "Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line" and a piece of paper with a mysterious phrase, "Fukatsu no Jumon," written in 48-character hiragana. >> Story 4: "Kin no Tamago" (金の卵) One day, a housewife buys eggs at the supermarket and notices they're shining golden.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2022 Summer Special

2022

This special edition features four unique horror stories, each exploring mysterious and thought-provoking themes. Episode summaries: 1. "What Happened in Ginza" A young boy captures a rare creature known as the "Nihon Ookanemochi" (Japanese Millionaire) in Ginza, leading to unexpected events. 2. "Melody in the Air" An office worker develops a condition where she must act in sync with the music playing in her mind to survive. 3. "The Delivery" A man discovers a mysterious app that delivers anything instantly, but its use leads to unforeseen consequences. 4. "Pretending to Make a Call" A woman fakes phone calls to avoid unwanted attention, only to find herself connected to her deceased father.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2022 Fall Special

2022 · 130 min

As part of the long-running anthology series, which began in 1990, this special features a collection of mysterious and thought-provoking stories. Episode Summaries: 1. "Love Triangle with My Ex" Mika's ex-boyfriend reappears in her life as a robot, complicating her current relationship. 2. "The Concierge" A single mother moves into a new apartment where a mysterious concierge begins to fulfill her every wish with unsettling consequences. 3. "Waga-sama" A workaholic CEO returns to his hometown and encounters a strange boy tied to his childhood and eerie events. 4. "Wait a Minute!" A man’s love confession is interrupted by two versions of his crush from the future, causing chaos.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special

2023 · 106 min

"Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Summer Special" (世にも奇妙な物語 '23夏の特別編) aired on Fuji TV on June 17, 2023, featuring four mysterious tales: 1. "Princess Club" A housewife revisits a childhood club to relive her dreams, facing unexpected consequences. 2. "Kobayashi Family Wonderland" A family turns their home into a theme park, but their ambitious project spirals out of control. 3. "Gaze" A student discovers a new eye drop causes everyone to fixate on her, revealing an unsettling truth. 4. "Rainbow" A photographer captures a mysterious girl under a rainbow, unveiling a connection that transcends time.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special

2023 · 106 min

"Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special" (世にも奇妙な物語 '23秋の特別編) is a Japanese anthology drama that aired on Fuji TV on November 11, 2023. This special presents four unique, mysterious tales. Episode summaries: 1. "The Eternal Two" An assistant accused of murder alters reality with a mysterious button. 2. "False Accusation in Hell" A lawyer defends a deceased man in Hell, uncovering shocking truths. 3. "Transistor Compression Contest" A fierce competition to compress a magazine leads to unexpected rivalries. 4. "Set Your Life's Playlist in Advance" A life-caster builds an AI idol, unveiling secrets from her past.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Summer Special

2024

"Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Summer Special" (世にも奇妙な物語 '24夏の特別編) aired on Fuji TV on June 8, 2024, featuring four intriguing stories: 1. "The Mansion of Remembrance" A woman awakens in a mysterious mansion after an accident, encountering residents with fragmented memories. 2. "Tomobiki Village" A university student visits a secluded village for a friend's funeral, uncovering eerie traditions and hidden truths. 3. "Treasure of Humanity" An artist is recruited by a global organization to preserve cultural heritage, leading to unexpected revelations about his talent. 4. "Weekly Ex-Lover Creation" A woman assembles an android replica of her ex-boyfriend using a magazine kit, blurring the lines between reality and artificiality.

Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Winter Special

2024

Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special

2025

To commemorate the 35th anniversary of the popular omnibus drama "Tales of the Unusual," in which Tamori serves as the storyteller, "Tales of the Tales of the Unusual 35th Anniversary Special: Legendary Masterpieces One Night Only Revival Edition" will be broadcast on Fuji TV's "Saturday Premium" slot (Saturday 9pm) on May 31st. The program will feature five of Tamori's most famous works from the series' past. The programs that will be broadcast on the 31st are as follows: "BLACK ROOM" (broadcast in 2001, starring Takuya Kimura) "The Night Train Man" (broadcast in 2002, starring Ren Osugi) "Locker" (broadcast in 1990, starring Yuji Oda) "Bijokan" (broadcast in 2005, starring Satoshi Tsumabuki) "Memories of Love, Don't Stop" (broadcast in 2019, starring Yuki Saito)

Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special

2025 · 104 min

35th-anniversary Fuji TV special featuring three new “Tales of the Unusual” shorts: Anata Hakubutsukan, Nanakai Tōsō, Tomaranakereba Ikirarenai Game, plus a one-night revival of the 1991 classic “Happy Birthday to My Home.”

Tales of the Bizarre: 2026 Summer Special

2026 · 104 min

The 2026 summer special of Fuji TV’s long-running anthology series presents four new strange tales. A veteran detective investigates a crime scene where evidence and bodies seem to vanish. A woman clearing her late mother’s apartment finds the past refusing to be thrown away. A young girl uses a mysterious costume to become an adult man. And a 26-year-old man discovers that his mother has been listed for auction online. Each story leads ordinary people into a surreal, unsettling world.