Hirokatsu Kihara

Tales of Terror (Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: gekijô-ban) is a collection of 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). (imdb)

Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as they seem. (themoviedb)

For her first photobook, Shori (Ayaka Wada) goes to a mountain for a photoshoot. At night, when Shori is at an inn, she hears a woman's crying voice. A mud covered hand then drags her into darkness. To celebrate Shori's debut, Momoka (Kanon Fukuda) and friends gather at a ruins. They see an angel doll, which looks scary. The doll is actually Misaki's (Meimi Tamura) joke, but at night Misaki is attacked by the angel doll. (asianwiki)

Japanese TV Horror anthology movie.

When a film crew shooting a ghost story movie is moving in a bus, the expected location site becomes unavailable all of a sudden, and they are looking for a new location site. Then the bus suddenly stops. There is a run-down, spooky-looking abandoned building there. The director decides to use this spooky deserted building as their new location site, but the whole cre...

An anthology series based on stories collected throughout Japan, mainly by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama. This series led to the film, Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan: The Movie (2004).

An anthology series of eight stories by seven directors, showcasing all manner of random horror tales from Japan. ~~ Inspired by stories collected throughout Japan by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama, and the Japanese horror TV show: 'Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro'.

Based on stories collected throughout Japan by writers Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama, and Japanese horror TV show: 'Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro'. While some stories may seem too fantastic to believe, many come from the most horrifying of sources...the truth. Step into places not meant for the living witness psychological horrors that rattle the nerves. All brought to spine-tingling life by Japan's up-and-coming masters of horror, including Norio Tsuruta ("Ring O").

Just because the gates to the spirit world are usually kept shut does not mean that they cannot suddenly open, that the dead cannot reach out for your throat, that its denizens cannot prowl in abandoned office buildings, or haunt high school video projects. The dark realm is with you, and within you, its emotions calling to yours in shades of horror, of fear, of terror.

A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals.