Rent Dark Tales of Japan (2004)
2.9 of 5 from 64 ratings
1h 29min
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- Synopsis:
Would you like to hear a Scary Tale?
Screenplay/Director: Yoshihiro Nakumura
Starring: Kayoko Shiraishi
A bus hurtles down a pitch-black mud at midnight, stopping momentarily to pick up a solitary female passenger. She asks, "Want to hear a scary tale?" and in hushed tones begins her morbid monologue...
The Spiderwoman
Screenplay/Director: Yoshihiro Nakamura
Starring: Shozo Endo. Yushinori Okada. Miyako Yamaguichi, Yoko Maki, Ami Sugihara. Kanako FukauraMagazine editor Yamazaki asks freelance writer Hasagawa to write an article about a rumoured 'spider woman’. Hasagawa heads for a town in Ibaraki where she is said to reside. It isn't long before Yamazaki loses contact with Hasagawa, so he sets off to investigate.
Grevices
Director: Norio Tsuruta
Starring: shunsuke Namaura, shigenori Yamazaki, Kyusaku Shimada
Kodera's friend and neighbour. Shimizu, has gone missing. When Kodera enters his apartment he finds the gaps in the window frames.-dresser drawers, between furniture and every other conceivable location have been covered over with red masking tape, and why do the words "They’re watching!" keep appearing on Shimizu’s computer screen?
The Sacrifice
Screenplay/Director: Koji Shiraishi
Starring: Yu Yamada, Moro Morooka, Megumi Asaoka
As a child, Mayu once saw a ghost in the Buddhist alter room of her family home, but to this day she has no idea what it was. Now an adult, May returns home to care for her sick mother, who, despite her condition, is chanting sutras in the same alter room.
Blonde Kwaidan
Screenplay/Director: Takashi Shimizu
Starring: Tetta Sugimoto
Yoshio Ishiguro, a Japanese business man, is staying at his colleague's apartment in Los Angeles. Exhausted from his long journey, Ishiguro relaxes in the bedroom with a book he finds on the side table, before falling asleep. Some time later he's awoken by the fading rays of the setting sun, completely alone he senses the presence of a woman...
Presentiment
Screenplay/Director: Masayuki Ochiai
Starring: Teruyuki Kagawa, Hijiri Kojima
Credit company employee Fukawa steals customer data from his workplace and rushes to rendezvous with his lover. On his way, he finds himself trapped inside an elevator with three people who just strangely smile while he calls for help. Then his cell-phone starts ringing...- Actors:
- Kayoko Shiraishi, Shôzô Endô, Yoshinori Okada, Kanako Fukaura, Anri Sugihara, Yôko Maki, Miyako Yamaguchi, Shunsuke Nakamura, Shigenori Yamazaki, Yû Yamada, Morooka Moro, Megumi Asaoka, Tetta Sugimoto, Teruyuki Kagawa, Hijiri Kojima, Tatsuya Gashûin, Seminosuke Murasugi, Kyûsaku Shimada
- Directors:
- Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masayuki Ochiai
- Writers:
- Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masayuki Ochiai
- Studio:
- Anchor Bay
- Genres:
- Horror
- Countries:
- Japan
