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29 paź 2020 · The opening 2 vignettes, ‘The Black Hair’ and ‘The Woman of the Snow’, feature tragic romances and broken vows. A female onryo with powerful, long hair materialises in the first, while the second reworks a classic tale about a spirit who breathes death into men.
1 sie 2022 · Littered throughout the rich history of Japan's ancient folklore are countless terrifying tales. From spooky spirits and scary specters, gruesome ghosts and ghastly ghouls to furious phantoms and haunted houses, wicked wraiths and raucous revenants—not forgetting the odd cursed creature and dastardly demon!
In the 1980s, Kleenex released three Japanese commercials for their tissues, featuring a woman played by actress Keiko Matsuzaka dressed in a white dress and a child dressed as a Japanese ogre, sitting on straw.
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: With Rina Uchiyama, Kaoru Mizuki, Makoto Kamijô, Yôzaburô Itô. 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).
The hook on the car door, Bloody Mary, there are plenty of urban legends in the West that will provide frights on Halloween. Japan has its share of scares, too.
28 paź 2021 · With the presence of ghosts known as yūrei, demons called yōkai, and disturbed female spirits called onryō, these films are a rollercoaster ride of chills and myths.
Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, [a] is a tale of betrayal, murder and ghostly revenge. Arguably the most famous Japanese ghost story of all time, it has been adapted for film over 30 times and continues to be an influence on Japanese horror today.
