Dark Tales of Japan

Five of Japan's best horror directors race to reach the outer limits of fear...

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

92 mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

22 September 2004

Country

Japan

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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