Dark Tales of Japan
Release date: 2004-09-22
Votes: 18
Genres: Horror, TV Movie
Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.
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