Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors.
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Title: Suiyô puremia: sekai saikyô J horâ SP Nihon no kowai yoru (TV Movie 2004)
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Kayoko Shiraishi | ... | Old Lady in Kimono (story "Kowai hanashi, kikitai desu ka?") |
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Shôzô Endô | ... | Yamazaki (story "Spiderwoman") |
| Yoshinori Okada | ... | Hasegawa (story "Spiderwoman") | |
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Kanako Fukaura | ... | Tomoko (story "Spiderwoman") |
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Anri Sugihara | ... | Akemi (story "Spiderwoman") |
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Shunsuke Nakamura | ... | Kodera (story "Sukima") |
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Shigenori Yamazaki | ... | Shimizu |
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Yû Yamada | ... | Mayu Ooki (story "Sacrifice") |
| Moro Morooka | ... | Toshinori Ooki (story "Sacrifice") | |
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Megumi Asaoka | ... | Shizuko Ooki (story "Sacrifice") |
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Tetta Sugimoto | ... | Yoshio Ishiguro (story "Blonde Kwaidan") |
| Teruyuki Kagawa | ... | Shigenori Fukawa (story "Premonition") | |
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Hijiri Kojima | ... | Young woman with hat (story "Premonition") |
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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.
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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.