Film • Sep 22, 2004
A collection of five short horror films by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady on a late-night bus traveling on a long, isolated mountain road.
Dark Tales of Japan
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- Status
- Released
- Release
- September 22, 2004 (21 years ago)
- Alias
- Nihon no Kowai Yoru
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Themes
- Folk Horror
- Origin
- Japan
- Companies
- @Movie Japan K.K., Oz Company, TBS
Cast
Kayoko ShiraishiOld Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Shôzô EndôYamazaki (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")
Kyūsaku ShimadaApartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
Yu YamadaMayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Morooka MoroToshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Megumi AsaokaShizuko Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Seminosuke MurasugiFukuda (segment "Sacrifice")
Tetta SugimotoYoshio Ishiguro (segment "Blonde Kwaidan")
Teruyuki KagawaShigenori Fukawa (segment "Premonition")
Hijiri KojimaYoung woman with hat (segment "Premonition")
Tatsuya GashûinMan on Bus (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Yoshiyuki MorishitaBus Driver (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Risa SasaokaSchoolgirl (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Crew
Scores
- Average Score
- 57.7%
FilmAffinity
- 53%
IMDb
- 59%
Letterboxd
- 61%
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