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Episodes

* Season 1, Episode 1: ''The Horror! The Cursed Imawano Family'', 3 October 2004. * Season 1, Episode 2: ''The Horror! The World Osamu Doesn't Know About'', 10 October 2004. * Season 1, Episode 3: ''Horrifying! Kiwa's Tea Drinking Friend'', 17 October 2004. * Season 1, Episode 4: ''The Horror! The Cursed Portrait'', 24 October 2004. * Season 1, Episode 5: ''The Horror! The Alien You Prefer'', 31 October 2004. * Season 1, Episode 6: ''Ghost Story! Red Light Spirit Tsuyako'', 7 November 2004. * Season 1, Episode 7: ''Grotesque! The Cursed Gothic Lolita'', 14 November 2004. * Season 1, Episode 8: ''True Story! Afterlife of Honor'', 21 November 2004. * Season 1, Episode 9: ''Escape! The Imawano Family and the Cursed Maze'', 28 November 2004. * Season 1, Episode 10: ''The Horror! Kiyoshi's Cursed Countdown'', 5 December 2004. * Season 1, Episode 11: ''Extreme! Kiyoshi's Family and the World Over There'', 12 December 2004. * Season 1, Episode 12: ''Bizarre! ...the original Great Family'', 19 December 2004. * Season 1, Episode 13: ''A Bizarre! ...and Great Family'', 26 December 2004.

Cast

Shunji Fujimura was a Japanese actor from Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He appeared in the second series of ''Monkey (TV series), Monkey'' as the horse. He appeared in the ''Death Note'' live-action movie as Quillsh Wammy A.K.A. Watari. Filmography Film *''Seishu ...

- Fuchio Imawano * Issei Takahashi - Kiyoshi Imawano *

Tomiko Ishii is a Japanese actress. Filmography Films *''Gate of Flesh'' (1964), Roku *Daimon Otokode Shinitai (1969) *''The Ramen Girl'' (2009), Megumi Television *''Oshin'' (1983), Mrs. Sakuragi *''Kinpachi-sensei is a Japanese television drama that ...

- Kiwa Imawano *

Shigeru Muroi is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 19th Hochi Film Awards for '' Izakaya Yūrei''. Filmography Film * ''Something Like It'' (1981) – Aya * ''Burst City'' (1982) * '' Female Prisoner: Cage'' (1983) – ...

- Yuko Imawano *

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- Sexy Woman * Asuka Shibuya - Kyoko Imawano *

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- Tonaka Kyoojoorou

Staff

* Producers - Hinji Imamura, Richard Kekahuna (English adaptation), Nobuo Masuda (English adaptation), Tatsuya Yamaga. * Executive producers - Ken Iyadomi (English adaptation),

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, Yo Umezaki.

External links

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Amazon.com page for the complete collection
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