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Dark Tales of Japan 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.
Original Release
09/22/2004
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kayoko Shiraishi | Old Lady in Kimono (story "Kowai hanashi, kikitai desu ka?") / Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale") |
| Shôzô Endô | Yamazaki (story "Spiderwoman") / Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Yoshinori Okada | Hasegawa (story "Spiderwoman") / Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Kanako Fukaura | Tomoko (story "Spiderwoman") / Tomoko (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Anri Sugihara | Akemi (story "Spiderwoman") / Akemi (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Yôko Maki | Akemi's classmate (story "Spiderwoman") / Akemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Miyako Yamaguchi | Editor (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | Kodera (story "Sukima") / Kodera (segment "Crevices") |
| Shigenori Yamazaki | Shimizu / Shimizu (segment "Crevices") |
| Yu Yamada | Mayu Ooki (story "Sacrifice") / Mayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice") |
Directors
Norio Tsuruta, Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masayuki Ochiai, Takashi Shimizu
Writers
Yoshihiro Nakamura, Masayuki Ochiai, Takashi Shimizu, Katsuhide Suzuki, Naoya Takayama, Naoyuki Yokota, Toshiya Ono
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Kayoko Shiraishi | Old Lady in Kimono (story "Kowai hanashi, kikitai desu ka?") / Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale") |
| Shôzô Endô | Yamazaki (story "Spiderwoman") / Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Yoshinori Okada | Hasegawa (story "Spiderwoman") / Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Kanako Fukaura | Tomoko (story "Spiderwoman") / Tomoko (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Anri Sugihara | Akemi (story "Spiderwoman") / Akemi (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Yôko Maki | Akemi's classmate (story "Spiderwoman") / Akemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Miyako Yamaguchi | Editor (segment "Spiderwoman") |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | Kodera (story "Sukima") / Kodera (segment "Crevices") |
| Shigenori Yamazaki | Shimizu / Shimizu (segment "Crevices") |
| Yu Yamada | Mayu Ooki (story "Sacrifice") / Mayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice") |
| Moro Morooka | Toshinori Ooki (story "Sacrifice") / Toshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice") |
| Megumi Asaoka | Shizuko Ooki (story "Sacrifice") / Shizuko Ooki (segment "Sacrifice") |
| Tetta Sugimoto | Yoshio Ishiguro (story "Blonde Kwaidan") / Yoshio Ishiguro (segment "Blonde Kwaidan") |
| Teruyuki Kagawa | Shigenori Fukawa (story "Premonition") / Shigenori Fukawa (segment "Premonition") |
| Hijiri Kojima | Young woman with hat (story "Premonition") / Young woman with hat (segment "Premonition") |
| Tatsuya Gashûin | Man on Bus (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale") |
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | Bus Driver (story 'Kowai hanashi, kikitai desu ka?') / Bus Driver (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale") |
| Seminosuke Murasugi | Fukuda (story "Sacrifice") / Fukuda (segment "Sacrifice") |
| Kyusaku Shimada | Apartment Manager (story "Sukima") / Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices") |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Jeremy Alter | Producer |
| Takashige Ichise | Producer |
| Takeshi Moriya | Producer |
| Toshinori Nishimae | Producer |
| Ben Ormand | Producer |
