92 minutes
9/22/2004
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.
Kayoko Shiraishi
as Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Shôzô Endô
as Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman")
Yoshinori Okada
as Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman")
Kanako Fukaura
as Tomoko (segment "Spiderwoman")
Anri Sugihara
as Akemi (segment "Spiderwoman")
Yoko Maki
as Akemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman")
Miyako Yamaguchi
as Editor (segment "Spiderwoman")
Shunsuke Nakamura
as Kodera (segment "Crevices")
Shigenori Yamazaki
as Shimizu (segment "Crevices")
Kyūsaku Shimada
as Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
Yu Yamada
as Mayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Moro Morooka
as Toshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Megumi Asaoka
as Shizuko Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Seminosuke Murasugi
as Fukuda (segment "Sacrifice")
Tetta Sugimoto
as Yoshio Ishiguro (segment "Blonde Kwaidan")
Teruyuki Kagawa
as Shigenori Fukawa (segment "Premonition")
Hijiri Kojima
as Young woman with hat (segment "Premonition")
Tatsuya Gashûin
as Man on Bus (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Yoshiyuki Morishita
as Bus Driver (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Risa Sasaoka
as Schoolgirl (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")