Masayuki Ochiai

How did a single ‘Big in Japan’ videotape change the course of global horror history? Find out in this insightful documentary charting the origins, evolution and diffusion across the world of a distinctive brand of Japanese supernatural chillers featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology against a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay. From PSYCHIC VISION: JAGANREI (1988) and straight-to-video SCARY TRUE STORIES to such key titles as RING (1998), PULSE (2001) and THE GRUDGE (2002), critics and filmmakers reflect on how the bleak Dystopian visions and unsettling atmospheres infiltrated their way into the world’s shocker consciousness.

Based on a novel of by Nukui Tokuro, Hohoemu Hito tells the story of Nito Toshimi who, after graduating from Japan’s most difficult university and founding a job at a major city bank, marries Shoko and have a daughter, Amina. Nito, while leading a life that looks like the picture of happiness and being the envy of everyone, is charged with the murder of his wife and young child. At his trial, he reveals a shocking motive for the crime: “I wanted space for books.”

Mai se entera de que su hermana menor, Yui, una maestra de una escuela de primaria, ha desaparecido. Mai se lanza a investigar que ha podido ocurrir con ella... Su única pista es que recientemente había visitado la casa de uno de sus estudiante...

Mai se entera de que su hermana menor, Yui, una maestra de una escuela de primaria, ha desaparecido. Mai se lanza a investigar que ha podido ocurrir con ella... Su única pista es que recientemente había visitado la casa de uno de sus estudiante...

Una maestra de escuela llamada Yui visita la casa de un chico llamado Toshio Saeki, que ha estado ausente del colegio por un largo periodo de tiempo. Cuando llega, revive el terrible drama que se produjo en el hogar de Saeki hace 10 años. Una caja de carton en un armario es la clave para revelar una verdad oculta por mucho tiempo.

Una maestra de escuela llamada Yui visita la casa de un chico llamado Toshio Saeki, que ha estado ausente del colegio por un largo periodo de tiempo. Cuando llega, revive el terrible drama que se produjo en el hogar de Saeki hace 10 años. Una caja de carton en un armario es la clave para revelar una verdad oculta por mucho tiempo.

Haruna Tsubame, una chica de secundaria discreta, siempre es sensible a los estados de ánimo de la gente y mantiene la paz en la escuela. Un día, ella es empujada a convertirse en el presidente del consejo estudiantil de la gente a su alrededor. El encuentro de Tsubame con un hombre que es un escritor de discursos genio conduce a una revolución en la escuela. Ella lucha para cambiar una escuela llena de irracionalidad y la insatisfacción con el poder de las palabras.

Haruna Tsubame, una chica de secundaria discreta, siempre es sensible a los estados de ánimo de la gente y mantiene la paz en la escuela. Un día, ella es empujada a convertirse en el presidente del consejo estudiantil de la gente a su alrededor. El encuentro de Tsubame con un hombre que es un escritor de discursos genio conduce a una revolución en la escuela. Ella lucha para cambiar una escuela llena de irracionalidad y la insatisfacción con el poder de las palabras.

After suffering a serious illness as a child, Yukari Tokino is able to see the dead.

Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.

At the spooky western styled mansion turned restaurant "Thriller Restaurant," Kuroka and Ryu disappear. After their disappearance others start to disappear at the restaurant. Rumors soon start that the devil himself is responsible for the missing persons.

Cabía suponer que para el fotógrafo Ben y su reciente esposa Jane, el nuevo encargo que aquél recibe -una lucrativa sesión fotográfica de modas en Tokio- sería una mezcla de luna de miel y trabajo. Cargados con tan exótica oportunidad profesional y las ilimitadas posibilidades de un nuevo matrimonio, Ben y Jane llegan al Japón. Pero mientras circulan por una carretera de montaña que conduce al Monte Fuji, su automóvil arrolla a una joven que estaba en medio de la carretera y que se había materializado de no se sabe dónde. Al recuperar la consciencia después del accidente, Ben y Jane son incapaces de hallar rastro alguno de la muchacha que Jane cree haber golpeado con el coche... Remake de una película tailandesa de mismo título de 2005.

Un error médico provoca la muerte de un paciente en un oscuro y solitario hospital. Doctores y enfermeras, lejos de responsabilizarse, intentarán ocultarlo, aunque no tardarán en descubrir que su error tendrá unas terribles consecuencias. Diferentes pacientes morirán en extrañas circunstancias, con unos síntomas que desafían cualquier explicación médica.

Un error médico provoca la muerte de un paciente en un oscuro y solitario hospital. Doctores y enfermeras, lejos de responsabilizarse, intentarán ocultarlo, aunque no tardarán en descubrir que su error tendrá unas terribles consecuencias. Diferentes pacientes morirán en extrañas circunstancias, con unos síntomas que desafían cualquier explicación médica.

Película formada por diferentes historias: 1) La mujer-araña 2) Grietas 3) El Sacrificio 4) Kaidan rubio 5) El Presentimiento

Película formada por diferentes historias: 1) La mujer-araña 2) Grietas 3) El Sacrificio 4) Kaidan rubio 5) El Presentimiento

Shinichi es un profesor obsesionado con una antigua serie sentai llamada Zebraman, la relación con su familia no es muy buena, así que cada noche se encierra en su habitación para coser un traje a imagen y semejanza al original del protagonista de la serie. (FILMAFFINITY)

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Fall Special" presents five tales. 1. *Kagi (The Key) - starring Eguchi Yosuke. 2. Perfect Couple - starring Yada Akiko. 3. Toosugita Otoko (The Man Who Was Too Far Away) - starring Nakamura Shido. 4. Meiro (The Maze)- starring Tanihara Shosuke. 5. Kage ga Omonaru Toki (When Shadows Accumulate) - starring Yashima Norito. * Adapted from a novel by Tsutsui Yasutaka.

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Fall Special" presents five tales. 1. *Kagi (The Key) - starring Eguchi Yosuke. 2. Perfect Couple - starring Yada Akiko. 3. Toosugita Otoko (The Man Who Was Too Far Away) - starring Nakamura Shido. 4. Meiro (The Maze)- starring Tanihara Shosuke. 5. Kage ga Omonaru Toki (When Shadows Accumulate) - starring Yashima Norito. * Adapted from a novel by Tsutsui Yasutaka.

Police struggle to uncover Klein, a powerful criminal organization. Asuka, a young detective, is assigned to contact and escort Hatsumi, a mistress of the drug lord Kimikuni, but they are ambushed, leaving Hatsumi brain-dead and Asuka near to death. However, the police concoct a top-secret plan to infiltrate Klein by transplanting Asuka's brain into Hatsumi's body.

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao wo Nusumareta (My Face was Stolen) - starring Inagaki Goro 2. Rental Love - starring Iijima Naoko 3. Oikaketai (I want to Chase [Him/Her]) - starring Kyono Kotomi 4. Chozeikin Taisaku Satsujin Jiken (Countering Excessive Taxation Murder Case) - starring Nishimura Masahiko 5. Kage no Kuni (The Country of Shadows) - starring Sakurai Sachiko

Hosted by veteran comedian Tamori, "Bizarre Tales 2003 Spring Special" presents five tales. 1. Kao wo Nusumareta (My Face was Stolen) - starring Inagaki Goro 2. Rental Love - starring Iijima Naoko 3. Oikaketai (I want to Chase [Him/Her]) - starring Kyono Kotomi 4. Chozeikin Taisaku Satsujin Jiken (Countering Excessive Taxation Murder Case) - starring Nishimura Masahiko 5. Kage no Kuni (The Country of Shadows) - starring Sakurai Sachiko

Drama Legend Special Yo nimo Kimyou na Monogatari SMAP Special is a 2001's rerun version, consisting of 5 stories: 1. Extra Synopsis: A man decides to go against a society whose every action and exchange of dialogue has already been prewritten in the screenplay of life. 2. 13-banme no Kyaku (Guest no. 13) Synopsis: A short-tempered man gets his hair cut at a strange barber shop only to find that he cannot leave before going through a certain process. 3. Black Room Synopsis: A son returns home from America to find his hometown shrouded in black and his parents behaving very strangely. 4. Boku wa Tabi o Suru (I'm Taking a Trip) Synopsis: A man’s older sister goes on a trip without realizing the terrifying truth. 5. Otona Juken (Adult Test) Synopsis: A young man must prove that he is truly an adult through a series of real life scenario tests.

Drama Legend Special Yo nimo Kimyou na Monogatari SMAP Special is a 2001's rerun version, consisting of 5 stories: 1. Extra Synopsis: A man decides to go against a society whose every action and exchange of dialogue has already been prewritten in the screenplay of life. 2. 13-banme no Kyaku (Guest no. 13) Synopsis: A short-tempered man gets his hair cut at a strange barber shop only to find that he cannot leave before going through a certain process. 3. Black Room Synopsis: A son returns home from America to find his hometown shrouded in black and his parents behaving very strangely. 4. Boku wa Tabi o Suru (I'm Taking a Trip) Synopsis: A man’s older sister goes on a trip without realizing the terrifying truth. 5. Otona Juken (Adult Test) Synopsis: A young man must prove that he is truly an adult through a series of real life scenario tests.

A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by guilt over a death they inadvertantly caused, an emotionally broken chessmaster pressed into playing a real-life game for an eccentric millionaire, a wandering medieval samurai who finds a modern-day cell phone on the ground and a person on the other end asking questions about the past, and a young couple who agree to try a computer simulation of what their future as husband and wife would be like.

A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by guilt over a death they inadvertantly caused, an emotionally broken chessmaster pressed into playing a real-life game for an eccentric millionaire, a wandering medieval samurai who finds a modern-day cell phone on the ground and a person on the other end asking questions about the past, and a young couple who agree to try a computer simulation of what their future as husband and wife would be like.

Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned a "green monkey" before they died. With the help of a young psychiatrist he formulates the theory that hypnosis is somehow involved. In the mean time other bizarre "suicides" are reported and the mystery intensifies. Who will be next? What is the truth? Can more deaths be prevented?

Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned a "green monkey" before they died. With the help of a young psychiatrist he formulates the theory that hypnosis is somehow involved. In the mean time other bizarre "suicides" are reported and the mystery intensifies. Who will be next? What is the truth? Can more deaths be prevented?

Toshiaki Nagashima is a biologist who is doing major research on mitochondria. When his beautiful young wife is tragically involved in a car accident which leaves her brain dead, in desperation he steals her liver from her body in order to recieve the mitochondria from it to resurrect his wife from the dead. The killer mitochondria takes the form of his assistant.

A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel.