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Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie

2004 · 92 min

A patchwork of quiet, creeping urban ghost stories that unsettle more than they shock, each short vignette leaving a faint chill behind.

Directed by: Keisuke Toyoshima, Shunichi Hirano
Genres: Horror
Starring: Naoto Takenaka, Yasufumi Hayashi, Daisuke Shima

Overview: 8 short stories comprise this anthology movie, based on the Tales of Terror TV series. The segments are, in order: The Night Watchman (directed by Akio Yoshida), Wisps of Smoke (Kosuke Suzuki), Gloves (Hirohisa Sasaki), The Weight (Kosuke Suzuki), Full-Length Mirror (Ryuta Miyake), Line of Sight (Keisuke Toyoshima), The Promise (Keita Amemiya) and Hisao (Shun'ichi Hirano).

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Directed by: Keisuke Toyoshima, Shunichi Hirano
Genres: Horror
Starring: Naoto Takenaka, Yasufumi Hayashi, Daisuke Shima

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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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
guilt
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	8
Humour	2
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: horror
Directed by: Keisuke Toyoshima, Shunichi Hirano, Hirohisa Sasaki, Keita Amemiya
Written by: Ryuta Miyake
Starring: Naoto Takenaka, Yasufumi Hayashi, Daisuke Shima, Maki Sakai, Kaori Sakagami, Yasue Sato, Saki Takaoka, Mikio Osawa
Music: Koji Endo
Cinematography: Masahiko Omi
Runtime: 92 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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