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Best Regards to All (2024)
- Director
- SHIMOTSU Yuta
- Cast
- FURUKAWA Kotone, MATSUDAI Koya
A feature-length film produced by Shimizu Takashi, based on a short film that won the first grand prize at the Japan Horror Film Awards, a film competition open to the general public focused on the horror genre. The film is directed by Shimotsu Yuta,...
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THE MISOGYNY (2022)
- Director
- TAKAHASHI Hiroshi
- Cast
- NAKAHARA Shoko, KONO Tomomi, YOKOI Shojiro
Known for penning screenplays for the "Ring" series and Don't Look Up, Takahashi Hiroshi helms his first film since the release of Occult Bolshevism four years ago. Actress-cum-playwright Naomi (Nakahara Showko) rents a mountain villa for the summer...
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YOUKAI HOUSEMATE IS HE PRINCE CHARMING? (2022)
- Director
- TOYOSHIMA Keisuke
- Cast
- KOSHIBA Fuka
A timid heroine teams up with yokai monsters to vanquish evil in this feature film adaptation of the horror comedy TV series aired in Summer 2020 and Spring 2021. Mio (Koshiba Fuka) dreams of being a writer while enjoying her life with yokai monste...
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IT’S IN THE WOODS (2022)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- AIBA Masaki, MATSUMOTO Honoka, EGUCHI Noriko
Horror flick from Nakata Hideo, who set the bar for J-horror with Ring. Unfathomable terror unfolds in a real-life forest where bizarre phenomena occur. Junichi (Aiba Masaki) runs a farm on his own in the boonies and ends up having to take care of h...
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Bldg. N (2022)
- Director
- GOTO Yosuke
- Cast
- HAGIWARA Minori, KURA Yuki, YAMAYA Kasumi
This horror film is based on a real-life ghost incident that occurred in 2000 at an apartment complex in Gifu Prefecture, and was directed and written by Goto Yosuke, who has worked on numerous "Tales of the Unusual" TV episodes, which have aired sin...
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Share-Kowa: Urban Legends That Will Scare You to Death (Working Title) (2021)
- Director
- NAGAE Jiro, TORII Yasutake, SOEJIMA Koji
- Cast
- Niji no Conquistador
Episode 1: I Found Someplace Really Bad Failed idols Yuri Kato and Mari Ueno are "YuriMari", a YouTuber pair struggling to hit it big. Their producer gets an idea to make a fake livestream saying they've found the abandoned building from the famous ...
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KISARAGI STATION (2022)
- Director
- NAGAE Jiro
- Cast
- TSUNEMATSU Yuri, HONDA Miyu, Riko
A horror film based on an urban legend posted on the anonymous web bulletin board "2channel". Directed by Nagae Jiro, the director of numerous horror films such as The Samejima Incident. Tsutsumi Haruna (Tsunematsu Yuri), a university student studyi...
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DEVIL'S RESIDENTS (2022)
- Director
- SASAKI Katsumi
- Cast
- EBINO Cocoro, ONO Kento
Horror film loaded with graphic violence that pushes the limits in the depiction of gore and bloodshed. Direction and script by Sasaki Katsumi, known for his many splatter horror short films. Aspiring Youtubers and an actress are forced by their man...
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SADAKO DX (2022)
- Director
- KIMURA Hisashi
- Cast
- KOSHIBA Fuka, KAWAMURA Kazuma
Mystery suspense about the curse of the Sadako character from the J-horror "Ring" series. People throughout Japan suddenly die within 24 hours of seeing a "cursed video," Ichijo Fumika (Koshiba Fuka), a university student with an IQ of 200, rejects...
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OX-HEAD VILLAGE (2022)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- Kōki,, HAGIWARA Riku, TAKAHASHI Fumiya
Third film in the "terror village" series following Shimizu Takashi's Howling Village and Suicide Forest Village. Pushes horror to the extreme at the Tsubono mineral springs, a notorious haunted place in the Hokuriku region. Kanon (Kōki,) is alarmed...
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The Cursed Sanctuary X (2021)
- Director
- IRIE Yu
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, KAWAGUCHI Haruna
Director Irie Yu of AI Amok adapts to screen the stage play by theatre troupe Ikiuma. The film was shot entirely in South Korea with the production team of Suicide Forest Village, the production company ROBOT, and B.A. Entertainment of The Gangster, ...
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Tales of the Undeparted (2021)
- Director
- General Director: ITOSO Kenji, YAMADA Masafumi, TORII Yasutake
- Cast
- OMORI Maho, OGURI Yui, GYOTEN Yurina
Scary stories offered up for entertainment by members of the AKB48 idol group. Eight AKB48 members sit in a circle and tell each other about scary happenings in a send up to unexplained events, mysterious worlds, and paranormal phenomena. The documen...
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The Samejima Incident (2020)
- Director
- NAGAE Jiro
- Cast
- TAKEDA Rena, SHUHAMA Harumi, SANO Gaku
Nagae Jiro, who's known for the "Tomodachi Game" series, undertakes this horror film based on his own, original script. It depicts the dread surrounding an incident which people say, "if you know the truth, you'll disappear," or "if you hear about it...
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SUICIDE FOREST VILLAGE (2021)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- YAMADA Anna, YAMAGUCHI Mayu
The second horror film in the "terror village" series following Shimizu Takashi's Howling Village, it depicts under the backdrop of Mt. Fuji's dense woodlands a world of madness and chaos brought on by the terror of a cursed box. Once upon a time, a...
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Werewolf Game - Master of Death Game (2020)
- Director
- KAWAKAMI Ryo
- Cast
- OGOE Yuki, NAKAJIMA Ken, Uchikuri UCHIKURA
The eighth film in the series is the first to set a male figure in the lead role, and also depict the game from the game master's point of view. Series creator Kawakami Ryo, writes and directs this outing while Kodama Takeshi, a central figure in the...
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VAMPIRE CLAY~DERIVATION (2019)
- Director
- UMEZAWA Soichi
- Cast
- FUJII Itsuki, AMIKO, KUROSAWA Asuka
Karin, Kyozo Fushimi's daughter works at an art gallery in the suburbs. The police come to tell her that her father ‘s brutally murdered body was found at Aina Academy and Yuri Aina is the prime suspect of her father's killing. Karin haven't seen her...
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THE NIGHT BEYOND THE TRICORNERED WINDOW (2020)
- Director
- MORIGAKI Yukihiro
- Cast
- OKADA Masaki, SHISON Jun, HIRATE Yurina
Mystery featuring psychic detectives. Directed by Morigaki Yukihiro, whose film Goodbye, Grandpa! was selected for the Japanese Cinema Splash program in the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. Bookstore employee Mikado Kosuke (Shison Jun) has be...
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HOWLING VILLAGE (2020)
- Director
- SHIMIZU Takashi
- Cast
- MIYOSHI Ayaka
Horror film about the bloodcurdling terror of Inunaki Village, which is said to lie beyond the haunted Old Inunaki Tunnel. Directed by Shimizu Takashi of Ju-on The Grudge. Bizarre events transpire around clinical psychologist Morita Kanade (Miyoshi ...
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Miporin (2019)
- Director
- MATSUMOTO Daiki
- Cast
- KAKIO Asami, TSUDA Haruka
Low budget horror-comedy produced, written, and directed by visual creator Matsumoto Daiki who makes his first foray into independent feature film production. It depicts the fate of an idol held captive by a frightening voice trainer. Kanda Yuka (Ts...
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STIGMATIZED PROPERTIES (2020)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- KAMENASHI Kazuya, SETO Koji, Nao
Live-action horror film based on the non-fiction book "Jiko bukken: Kowai madori" by TV entertainer Matsubara Tanishi. Director Nakata Hideo helmed Ring and CHATROOM, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 63rd Cannes Film Festiva...
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Sadako (2019)
- Director
- NAKATA Hideo
- Cast
- IKEDA Elaiza, TSUKAMOTO Takashi, SHIMIZU Hiroya
J-Horror's influential "Ring" series returns to its origins. Nakata Hideo spearheads an original team for this film focusing on the black haired vengeful ghost Sadako. Mayu (Ikeda Elaiza) is a counselor who tends to a young girl recently admitted to...
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Black Maiden - Chapter A (2019)
- Director
- SATO Sakichi
- Cast
- ASAKAWA Nana, KITA Kana, MITSUYA Yoko
Sato Sakichi, a screenwriter known for Mahjong Hourouki 2020 among others, directs his own original script for a two-part horror story. This final installment reveals the answer to the riddle depicted in Black Maiden - Chapter Q. Spurred on by Rana ...
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Black Maiden - Chapter Q (2019)
- Director
- SATO Sakichi
- Cast
- ASAKAWA Nana, KITA Kana, MITSUYA Yoko
Sato Sakichi, a screenwriter known for Mahjong Hourouki 2020 among others, directs his own original script for a two-part horror story. This first installment depicts the terror encircling girls who are both orphans. Mei (Asakawa Nana), who was rais...
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Stare (2019)
- Director
- ADACHI Hirotaka
- Cast
- IITOYO Marie, INABA Yu, OSHINARI Shugo
Feature film debut for Adachi Hirotaka, aka popular author Otsuichi whose numerous novels have been adapted for film. This original story depicts the terror of 'Shirai-san,' the horror character created by Adachi in the vein of J-horror films like Ri...
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Thre 3 Sisters (2018)
- Director
- IGURO Hideaki
- Cast
- NAKAMURA Ayari, IKENAGA Aimi, TSUJIMURA Yurina
Ensemble mystery starring Nakamura Ayari, Minami Niko, Tsujimura Yurina and Ikenaga Aimi, who do modeling, voice acting and TV performances. College freshman Mami (Nakamura) goes to a girls-only pajama party for non-athletic school club, but a bunch...
