Suiyô puremia: sekai saikyô J horâ SP Nihon no kowai yoru (TV 2004)

Directors:

Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masayuki Ochiai,

Writers:

Yoshihiro Nakamura (teleplays), Masayuki Ochiai (teleplay),

Stars:

Kayoko Shiraishi, Shôzô Endô, Yoshinori Okada

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kayoko Shiraishi	...	Old Lady in Kimono (story "Kowai hanashi, kikitai desu ka?")
Shôzô Endô	...	Yamazaki (story "Spiderwoman")
Yoshinori Okada	...	Hasegawa (story "Spiderwoman")
Kanako Fukaura	...	Tomoko (story "Spiderwoman")
Anri Sugihara	...	Akemi (story "Spiderwoman")
Yôko Maki	...	Akemi's classmate (story "Spiderwoman")
Miyako Yamaguchi
Shunsuke Nakamura	...	Kodera (story "Sukima")
Shigenori Yamazaki	...	Shimizu
Yû Yamada	...	Mayu Ooki (story "Sacrifice")
Moro Morooka	...	Toshinori Ooki (story "Sacrifice")
Megumi Asaoka	...	Shizuko Ooki (story "Sacrifice")
Tetta Sugimoto	...	Yoshio Ishiguro (story "Blonde Kwaidan")
Teruyuki Kagawa	...	Shigenori Fukawa (story "Premonition")
Hijiri Kojima	...	Young woman with hat (story "Premonition")

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

anthology

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

22 September 2004 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Dark Tales of Japan

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

@Movie Japan K.K., Oz Company, Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Japanese TV Anthology

According to my DVD, there are supposed to be framing segments with this, but I could never access them. As such, we have five separate stories. "The Spiderwoman" was my favorite, with some scary visuals and a fun story about the myth of the Spiderwoman. Not heavy on real spiders, which is a plus for an arachnophobe like me! "Crevices" could have worked as a longer film, and "The Sacrifice" was interesting but nothing special. "Blonde Kwaidan" was just silly and seemed to be missing a large portion of plot. I also found myself enjoying "Presentment," which concerned a rather unusual tour package.

"Dark Tales of Japan" is overall a decent intro to J-horror, but nothing to write home about.