Dark Tales of Japan (2004)
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.
Directors: Takashi Shimizu, Norio Tsuruta, Masayuki Ochiai, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Koji Shiraishi.
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Kayoko Shiraishi as Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale") |
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Shozo Endo as Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman") |
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Yoshinori Okada as Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman") |
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Kanako Fukaura as Tomoko (segment "Spiderwoman") |
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Anri Sugihara as Akemi (segment "Spiderwoman") |
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Yoko Maki as Akemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman") |
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Miyako Yamaguchi as Editor (segment "Spiderwoman") |
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Shunsuke Nakamura as Kodera (segment "Crevices") |
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Shigenori Yamazaki as Shimizu (segment "Crevices") |
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Kyusaku Shimada as Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices") |
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Yu Yamada as Mayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice") |
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Moro Morooka as Toshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice") |
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Megumi Asaoka as Shizuko Ooki (segment "Sacrifice") |
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Seminosuke Murasugi as Fukuda (segment "Sacrifice") |
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Tetta Sugimoto as Yoshio Ishiguro (segment "Blonde Kwaidan") |
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Teruyuki Kagawa as Shigenori Fukawa (segment "Premonition") |
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Hijiri Kojima as Young woman with hat (segment "Premonition") |
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Hisako Ôkata as Old Woman (segment "Premonition") |
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Yasukiyo Umeno as Old Man (segment "Premonition") |
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Tatsuya Gashûin as Man on Bus (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale") |
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Yoshiyuki Morishita as Bus Driver (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale") |
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Risa Sasaoka as Schoolgirl (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale") |
| Writing | Naoyuki Yokota | Teleplay |
| Writing | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Teleplay |
| Writing | Masayuki Ochiai | Teleplay |
| Writing | Naoya Takayama | Teleplay |
| Directing | Takashi Shimizu | Director |
| Writing | Takashi Shimizu | Teleplay |
| Writing | Koji Shiraishi | Teleplay |
| Directing | Norio Tsuruta | Director |
| Writing | Toshiya Ohno | Teleplay |
| Directing | Masayuki Ochiai | Director |
| Writing | Katsuhide Suzuki | Teleplay |
| Directing | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Director |
| Directing | Koji Shiraishi | Director |
