About Dark Tales of Japan
- Released on September 22, 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.
Full Cast of Dark Tales of Japan
Kayoko Shiraishi
plays Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Shôzô Endô
plays Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman")
Yoshinori Okada
plays Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman")
Kanako Fukaura
plays Tomoko (segment "Spiderwoman")
Anri Sugihara
plays Akemi (segment "Spiderwoman")
Yoko Maki
plays Akemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman")
Miyako Yamaguchi
plays Editor (segment "Spiderwoman")
Shunsuke Nakamura
plays Kodera (segment "Crevices")
Shigenori Yamazaki
plays Shimizu (segment "Crevices")
Kyūsaku Shimada
plays Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
Yu Yamada
plays Mayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Morooka Moro
plays Toshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Megumi Asaoka
plays Shizuko Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Seminosuke Murasugi
plays Fukuda (segment "Sacrifice")
Tetta Sugimoto
plays Yoshio Ishiguro (segment "Blonde Kwaidan")
Teruyuki Kagawa
plays Shigenori Fukawa (segment "Premonition")
Hijiri Kojima
plays Young woman with hat (segment "Premonition")
Tatsuya Gashûin
plays Man on Bus (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Yoshiyuki Morishita
plays Bus Driver (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Risa Sasaoka
plays Schoolgirl (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Crew of Dark Tales of Japan
