Dark Tales of Japan

Nara twilight under charcoal skies. A kimono folds over bus seat vinyl. The driver’s name in hiragana blurs past the window. Five headlights vanish on a switchback ridge. An old woman’s obi knot tightens as stories spill like loose change across the dark aisle. One. A bus again. Two. A mirror that follows. Three. A phone that rings once dead. Four. A classroom where the chalk never stops. Five. A shrine gate left slightly ajar somewhere in Shikoku. Five Japanese directors collide on the same night road, where kimono seams split open into centuries.

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Takashi Shimizu directed Dark Tales of Japan in 2004. See Takashi Shimizu's full filmography, where to start with Takashi Shimizu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Takashi Shimizu.

Dark Tales of Japan was released in 2004 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 92 minutes.