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Tales of the Unusual is a japonais film of genre Comedy directed by Masayuki Ochiai with Izumi Inamori
Tales of the Unusual (2000)
Yo nimo kimyō na monogatari - Eiga no tokubetsuhen
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Add to a movie listTales of the Unusual (世にも奇妙な物語 - 映画の特別編, Yo nimo kimyō na monogatari - Eiga no tokubetsuhen) is a 2000 Japanese horror anthology film directed by Mamoru Hosi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura and Masayuki Suzuki. Each story is of a different genre - "One Snowy Night" (horror), "Samurai Cellular" (comedy-drama), "Chess" (thriller) and "The Marriage Simulator" (romance-drama). There is also a TV drama series.
Actors
Izumi Inamori
(Chiharu Takajo (segment "The Marriage Simulator"))
Renji Ishibashi
(Old Man (segment "Chess"))
Kiichi Nakai
((segment "Samurai Cellular"))
Ren Osugi
(Yoshiaki Yamauchi (segment "One Snowy Night"))
Kazuma Suzuki
(Takuro Yuki (segment "One Snowy Night"))
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