J-Horror Theater ( Jホラーシアター, ''J horā shiatā)'' 2004 – 2010 is an anthology of 6

Japanese horror Japanese horror is horror fiction derived from popular culture in Japan, generally noted for its unique thematic and conventional treatment of the horror genre differing from the traditional Western representation of horror. Japanese horror tends ...

films produced by producer Takashige Ichise ( 一瀬隆重, ''ichise takashige''). Spurred on by the overwhelming success of the 1998

J-horror Japanese horror is horror fiction derived from popular culture in Japan, generally noted for its unique thematic and conventional treatment of the horror genre differing from the traditional Western representation of horror. Japanese horror tends ...

film Ringu ( リング), a group of six directors ( Masayuki Ochiai 落合正幸, Norio Tsuruta 鶴田法男, Takashi Shimizu 清水崇, Kiyoshi Kurosawa 黒沢清, Hideo Nakata 中田秀夫, Hiroshi Takahashi 高橋洋) were requested to create a horror film to be released under Producer Ichise's J-Horror Theater anthology.

Films

Infection (2004)

Infection An infection is the invasion of tissues by pathogens, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agent and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable dise ...

(感染, ''kansen''), Dir. Masayuki Ochiai (落合正幸, ''ochiai masayuki'') Original Japanese release date: 2 October 2004. Officially released in theaters as a double feature with

Premonition A premonition is a feeling that some event will happen, typically a forewarning of something unwelcome. Premonition(s) or The Premonition may also refer to: Film and television * "Premonition" (''Alfred Hitchcock Presents''), an episode of ' ...

and on DVD as part of the J-Horror Theater series.

Premonition (2004)

(予言, ''yogen'') Dir.

Norio Tsuruta is a Japanese film director. He directed ''Premonition'', '' Dream Cruise'', and '' Orochi: Blood''. Career Tsuruta directed '' Dream Cruise'' for the ''Masters of Horror'' Showtime cable network series. It is based on the short story of the sa ...

(鶴田法男, ''tsuruta norio'') Original Japanese release date: 2 October 2004. Officially released in theaters as a double feature with

and on DVD as part of the J-Horror Theater series.

Reincarnation (2006)

Reincarnation Reincarnation, also known as rebirth or transmigration, is the philosophical or religious concept that the non-physical essence of a living being begins a new life in a different physical form or body after biological death. Resurrection is a ...

(輪廻, ''rin'ne'') Dir.

Takashi Shimizu Takashi Shimizu (清水崇 ''Shimizu Takashi'', born 27 July 1972) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the ''Ju-On'' franchise, and directing four of its films, internationally, in both Japan and the U.S. Accordi ...

( 清水崇, ''shimizu takashi'') Official Japanese release date: 7 January 2006. Originally screened at the

Tokyo International Film Festival The is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the ...

in October 2005. Officially released in Japanese theaters as part of the J-Horror Theater series. It was then released on DVD and in US theaters as part of the

After Dark Horrorfest After Dark Horrorfest (also known as "8 Films to Die For") was an annual horror film festival featuring eight independent horror movies, sometimes with "secret" bonus films, all distributed by After Dark Films in the USA. The first HorrorFest ...

(also known as 8 films to Die For) in 2006.

Retribution (2007)

Retribution (叫, ''sakebi'') Dir.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic and a professor at Tokyo University of the Arts. Although he has worked in a variety of genres, Kurosawa is best known for his many contributions to the Japanese horror genre, his honorific ...

(黒沢清, ''kurosawa kiyoshi'') Official Japanese release date: 24 February 2007, Originally screened at the

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

in September 2006. Was not officially released as a J-Horror Theater entry.

Kaidan (2007)

Kaidan is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: 怪 (''kai'') meaning "strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparition" and 談 (''dan'') meaning "talk" or "recited narrative". Overall meaning and usage In its broadest sense, ''kaidan'' refers ...

(怪談, ''kaidan'') Dir.

Hideo Nakata is a Japanese filmmaker. Life and career Nakata was born in Okayama, Japan. He is most familiar to Western audiences for his work on Japanese horror films such as ''Ring'' (1998), ''Ring 2'' (1999) and ''Dark Water'' (2002). Several of these we ...

(中田秀夫, ''nakata hideo'') Original Japanese release date: 4 August 2007. Was not officially released as a J-Horror Theater entry.

Kyōfu (2010)

Kyōfu (恐怖, ''kyōfu'') also known as ''The Sylvian Experiments'' Dir. Hiroshi Takahashi (高橋洋, ''takahashi hiroshi'') Original Japanese release date: 10 July 2010. Officially released as part of the J-Horror Theater series and is the final film instalment. It holds significance as the film is directed and produced by the pair responsible for '' Ringu'' that began the J-Horror Theater anthology.
The official Kyōfu trailer
also suggests that Kaidan and Sakebi were part of the series, as at the beginning it shows clips from all 5 films with their release dates, 2004–2007, followed by the Kyôfu preview. no

References

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