Dark Tales of Japan

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

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.

Horror TV Movie

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"))

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"))