12 Sep 2006
Trapped Ashes
Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories.
Dark Tales of Japan
Five of Japan's best horror directors race to reach the outer limits of fear...
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.
Top Billed Cast
白石加代子 Old Lady (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
遠藤章造 Yamazaki (segment "Spiderwoman")
岡田義徳 Hasegawa (segment "Spiderwoman")
深浦加奈子 Tomoko (segment "Spiderwoman")
杉原杏璃 Akemi (segment "Spiderwoman")
真木よう子 Akemi's Classmate (segment "Spiderwoman")
山口美也子 Editor (segment "Spiderwoman")
中村俊介 Kodera (segment "Crevices")
山崎樹範 Shimizu (segment "Crevices")
嶋田久作 Apartment Manager (segment "Crevices")
山田優 Mayu Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
モロ師岡 Toshinori Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
麻丘めぐみ Shizuko Ooki (segment "Sacrifice")
村杉蝉之介 Fukuda (segment "Sacrifice")
杉本哲太 Yoshio Ishiguro (segment "Blonde Kwaidan")
香川照之 Shigenori Fukawa (segment "Premonition")
小島聖 Young woman with hat (segment "Premonition")
大方斐紗子 Old Woman (segment "Premonition")
梅野泰靖 Old Man (segment "Premonition")
我修院達也 Man on Bus (segment "Would You Like to Hear a Scary Tale")
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