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Dark Tales of Japan is a film of genre Horror directed by Takashi Shimizu with Yoshinori Okada

Dark Tales of Japan (2004)

Dark Tales of Japan
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Genres Horror
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Dark Tales of Japan (日本のこわい夜, Nihon no Kowai Yoru) is a 2004 made-for-TV film anthology of five short horror stories, directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told through a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus travelling on a long isolated mountain road.

Synopsis

Introduction: Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale? Introduction: Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale? (Intorodakushon: Kowai hanashi, kikitai desu ka)

Actors

Yoshinori Okada

(Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman"))
Kayoko Shiraishi

(Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale"))
Endo Shozo (遠藤章造)

(Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman"))
Miyako Yamaguchi

(Editor (segment "Spiderwoman"))
Shigenori Yamazaki

(Shimizu (segment "Crevices"))
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