Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: gekijô-ban (2004)

Directors:

Keita Amemiya
Shunichi Hirano
(more)

Writers:

Hirokatsu Kihara (books)
Ryûta Miyake (screenplay)
(more)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Omnibus

Cast

Yasufumi Hayashi	...	(story "Yakei no hôkokusho")
Maki Horikita	...	(story "Shisen")
Harumi Inoue	...	(story "Omoi!")
Makoto Kamijô	...	(story "Sugatami")
Setsuko Karasuma	...	(story "Hisao")
Kazuki Kitamura	...	(story "Omoi!")
Ryosuke Nogi		(as Ryôsuke Nogi)
Akira Onodera	...	(story "Yakusoku")
Mikio Ôsawa	...	(story "Tebukuro")
Kaori Sakagami	...	(story "Zan'en")
Maki Sakai	...	(story "Zan'en")
Yasue Sato	...	(story "Zan'en") (as Yasue Satô)
Daisuke Shima	...	(story "Yakei no hôkokusho")
Hideki Sone	...	(story "Yakusoku")
Saki Takaoka	...	(story "Tebukuro")
Naoto Takenaka	...	(story "Yakei no hôkokusho")
Kenta Uchino	...	(story "Sugatami")

Directed by
Keita Amemiya		(story "Yakusoku")
Shunichi Hirano		(story "Hisao") (as Toshikazu Hirano)
Ryûta Miyake		(story "Sugatami")
Hirohisa Sasaki		(story "Tebukuro")
Kosuke Suzuki		(story "Omoi!") (story "Zan'en") (as Kôsuke Suzuki)
Keisuke Toyoshima		(story "Shisen")
Akio Yoshida		(story "Yakei no hôkokusho")

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hirokatsu Kihara		books "Shin Mimibukuro"
Ryûta Miyake		screenplay
Ichirô Nakayama		books "Shin Mimibukuro"

Produced by
Andrew Tamon Niwa	....	producer: BS-i/BîEsu-ai (as Andoriu Tamon Niwa)
Yukihiko Yamaguchi	....	producer: King Record/Kingu Rekôdo

Original Music by
Kôji Endô

Cinematography by
Masahiko Ômi

Film Editing by
Etsuko Kimura

Production Design by
Yuu Hashimoto		(as Yû Hashimoto)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Eiji Arakawa	....	assistant director

Camera and Electrical Department
Junichi Konno	....	lighting director (as Jun'ichi Konno)

Production Companies

• BS-i K.K.
• Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro gekijô-ban Seisaku Iinkai
• King Record Co.

Distributors

• Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• King Record Co. (2005) (Japan) (DVD)
• King Record Co. (2005) (Japan) (VHS)
• Media Blasters (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Slow Learner (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Active Cine Club (ACC) K.K.  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

Tales of Terror (International: English title) (informal title)
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie (USA) (DVD box title)

Runtime:

165 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

BS-i K.K.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from "Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro" (2003)

Nothing to see nightmares about

Tales of Terror (Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: gekijô-ban) is a collection of 33 short horror films from different Japanese directors. Among these horror films there are few more light hearted one's with bits of black comedy. All of them are made with very low budget so it can be seen in the quality (especially in the quality of special effects).

The word suspense would, in my opinion, describe better the contents of these stories. There's not much (as in: not at all) gore, blood, violence; only a couple of them hold enough horrific elements to actually be called horror. Mainly the stories are at most just thrilling or plain bizarre. Horror fans won't probably get too much out of these, but if one likes suspense, mysteries and Japanese oddities - this might be worth seeing.