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Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi

2004–2005 · 2 seasons

Short, quietly unsettling tales that build dread from ordinary places, leaving a lingering chill after each episode.

Genres: Drama
Starring: Goro Inagaki, Saya Kazuki, Shintaro Chikada

Overview: 'Honto ni Atta Kowai Hanashi' (Literally: “True Scary Stories”) is a horror comic series published by Asahi Shimbun Publications that compiles scary stories—such as school ghost stories—said to have actually happened, as well as an original video based on the series and a Fuji TV television drama adapted from that video. It is commonly known as “Honkowa”.
How it feels: Eerie, tense and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Fate, death, isolation, mystery
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Genres: Drama
Starring: Goro Inagaki, Saya Kazuki, Shintaro Chikada

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How it feels

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Full breakdown

Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: fate
death
isolation
mystery
Places: school
small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: anthology
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

All scales, 0 to 10

Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

Cast

Goro InagakiHost
Saya KazukiMiwako Togawa (segment "Haioku no shoujo")
Shintaro ChikadaKoichi Nishimura (segment "Haioku no shoujo")
YuukiShoji Sugiyama (segment "Haioku no shoujo")
Jura MatsuuraGirl (segment "Haioku no shoujo")
Tetsushi TanakaNobuyuki Nishimura (segment "Shineba yokatta noni")
Ryunosuke KamikiNaoya Ozawa (segment "Shin'ya no kyouzou")
Satomi NaganoSatoko Nonami (segment "Shin'ya no kyouzou")
Eri ShimomuraNaoya's mother (segment "Shin'ya no kyouzou")
Mayuka FujiwaraWoman (segment "Shin'ya no kyouzou")
Sousuke TakaokaKouta Tateyama (segment "Heya ni sumu mono")
Naoyuki SaitoTatsuya Ichikawa (segment "Heya ni sumu mono")
Rumi HiiragiYagi Nozomi (segment "Yuugure no maigo")
Tomohiro KumagaiBoy (segment "Yuugure no maigo")
Yumiko SakagoshiKashiwabara (segment "Yuugure no maigo")

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Details

Genres: drama
Written by: Satoru Tamaki
Starring: Goro Inagaki, Saya Kazuki, Shintaro Chikada, Yuuki, Jura Matsuura, Tetsushi Tanaka, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Satomi Nagano
Length: 2 seasons, 38 episodes
Network: Fuji TV
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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