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Dark Tales of Japan
Released: September 22, 2004 (2004)
Runtime: 92 minutes
Genres: Horror, TV Movie
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Kayoko Shiraishi as Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Age at release: 62
- Miyako Yamaguchi as Editor (segment "Spiderwoman")
Age at release: 52
- Kyūsaku Shimada as Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
Age at release: 49
- Kanako Fukaura as Tomoko (segment "Spiderwoman")
Age at release: 44
- Shôzô Endô as Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman")
Age at release: 33
- Shigenori Yamazaki as Shimizu (segment "Crevices")
Age at release: 30
- Shunsuke Nakamura as Kodera (segment "Crevices")
Age at release: 29
- Yoshinori Okada as Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman")
Age at release: 27
- Anri Sugihara as Akemi (segment "Spiderwoman")
Age at release: 22
- Yoko Maki as Akemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman")
Age at release: 21
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- Yasukiyo Umeno as Old Man (segment "Premonition")
Age at release: 71
- Hisako Ôkata as Old Woman (segment "Premonition")
Age at release: 65
- Tatsuya Gashûin as Man on Bus (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Age at release: 53
- Megumi Asaoka as Shizuko Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Age at release: 48
- Moro Morooka as Toshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Age at release: 45
- Yoshiyuki Morishita as Bus Driver (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Age at release: 41
- Seminosuke Murasugi as Fukuda (segment "Sacrifice")
Age at release: 39
- Tetta Sugimoto as Yoshio Ishiguro (segment "Blonde Kwaidan")
Age at release: 39
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Shigenori Fukawa (segment "Premonition")
Age at release: 38
- Hijiri Kojima as Young woman with hat (segment "Premonition")
Age at release: 28
- Yu Yamada as Mayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
Age at release: 20
- Risa Sasaoka as Schoolgirl (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
Age at release: 16