Tales of the Unusual

Tales of the Unusual (世にも奇妙な物語 - 映画の特別編, Yo nimo kimyō na monogatari - Eiga no tokubetsuhen) is a 2000 Japanese horror anthology film directed by Mamoru Hosi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura and Masayuki Suzuki. Each story is of a different genre - "One Snowy Night" (horror), "Samurai Cellular" (comedy-drama), "Chess" (thriller) and "The Marriage Simulator" (romance-drama). It is the special film version of the long-running TV drama series of the same name (世にも奇妙な物語).

Tales of the Unusual
世にも奇妙な物語 - 映画の特別編
Directed by
Produced by
Screenplay by
Music byKuniaki Haishima, Toshihiko Sahashi[1]
Cinematography
  • Hiroshi Takase
  • Osamu Onodera
  • Naoki Kayano
  • Hiroshi Takase
  • Osamu Fijiishi[1]
Edited by
Production
companies
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 3 November 2000 (2000-11-03) (Japan)
Running time
130 minutes[1]
CountryJapan

Writing credits

  • Tomoko Aizawa, segment The Marriage Simulator
  • Ryoichi Kimizuka, segment Samurai Cellular
  • Motoki Nakamura, segment Chess
  • Masayuki Ochiai and Katsuhide Suzuki, segment One Snowy Night

Cast

The Storyteller
One Snowy Night
The Marriage Simulator
Chess
Samurai Cellular

References

Footnotes

Sources

  • Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 1461673747.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)



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