

Dark Tales of Japan
DirectorsTakashi Shimizu, Norio Tsuruta, Masayuki Ochiai, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Koji Shiraishi
“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.
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Cast

Kayoko Shiraishi
Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")

Shozo Endo
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")
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