is a 2000
Japanese
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horror anthology film
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directed by
Mamoru Hoshi,
Masayuki Ochiai,
Hisao Ogura and
Masayuki Suzuki
Masayuki Suzuki (鈴木雅之, ''Suzuki Masayuki'', born September 22, 1956, in Ōta, Tokyo) is a Japanese singer best known as a former member of group Rats & Star (previously called ''Chanels''), and for performing the opening themes for the ...
. 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
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series of the same name ().
Writing credits
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Tomoko Aizawa, segment ''The Marriage Simulator''
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Ryoichi Kimizuka
is a Japanese screenwriter and director for television and film.
Career
Kimizuka first entered the Japanese television industry by working on variety shows under Kin'ichi Hagimoto. He then began writing screenplays for television dramas, includ ...
, segment ''Samurai Cellular''
*
Motoki Nakamura, segment ''Chess''
*
Masayuki Ochiai and
Katsuhide Suzuki, segment ''One Snowy Night''
Cast
;''The Storyteller''
*
Tamori
, known by his stage name (an anagram of his surname), is a Japanese television celebrity. Known for his trademark dark sunglasses, Tamori is one of the "big three" television comedians in Japan along with Takeshi Kitano (a.k.a. Beat Takeshi ...
as the storyteller
*
Kōji Yamamoto as a young man
*
Ryuta Sato
is a Japanese actor and ''tarento
Television personalities in Japan, known as in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media in Japan, especially as panelists on variety shows. During the Golden Age of Hollywood, bankable ...
*
Kazuyuki Aijima
is a Japanese stage and film actor, and one of the original Tokyo Sunshine Boys, a theatrical troupe that lasted from 1983 to about 1994. He is currently seen in television dramas and onstage in Japan.
Biography
Aijima Kazuyuki was born Novembe ...
* Isao Yatsu as an old man
*
Bokuzō Masana
;''One Snowy Night''
*
Akiko Yada
is a Japanese actress. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress at the 6th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix for ''Boku no Ikiru Michi''.
Filmography
Films
* ''Pyrokinesis'' (2000)
* '' Tales of the Unusual'' (2000)
* ''Impossibility Defense' ...
as Misa Kihara
*
Kazuma Suzuki as Takuro Yuki
*
Akira Takarada as Haruomi Manabe
*
Ren Osugi
, born was a Japanese actor. For his work in ''Cure'', ''Hana-bi'' and other films, Osugi was given the Best Supporting Actor award at the 1999 Yokohama Film Festival. He often worked alongside Takeshi Kitano and Susumu Terajima. In the DVD comm ...
as Yoshiaki Yamauchi
*
Mami Nakamura as Mari Kondō
;''The Marriage Simulator''
*
Izumi Inamori
is a Japanese actress signed to Burning Production.
Biography
Izumi Inamori was born and grew up in Kagoshima Prefecture. After finished from the local high school, Inamori went to University of Texas at Arlington to study English abroad. Aft ...
as Chiharu Takajo
* Takashi Kashiwabara as Yuichi Tokunagi
* Narumi Kayashima
* Kazuyuki Asano
*
Saya Takagi
is a Japanese actress turned activist for the legalization of cannabis in Japan.
Biography
Saya Takagi started smoking cannabis when she was 17.
*
Yukiya Kitamura
is a Japanese actor represented by Tom company. His father is actor Kazuo Kitamura and his wife is actress Shiho Takano.
Biography
While in Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Fuji High School, Kitamura was interested in theater and wants to be an aspi ...
*
Manami Konishi
, also known as KONI-TAN, is a Japanese actress, singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer.
Career
Konishi appeared in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2006 film '' Retribution'', which was screened at the 63rd Venice Film Festival. She also appeared i ...
*
Hozumi Gōda
is a Japanese voice actor, narrator and sound director affiliated with OGIPRO THE NEXT Co. Inc.. He is part of a three-man comedy team called .
Filmography
Anime television series
;1980s
*''Armored Trooper Votoms'' (1983) (Chirico Cuvie)
;1990s ...
;''Chess''
*
Shinji Takeda
, born December 18, 1972, is a Japanese actor, talent and saxophone player. He has had notable roles in such works as '' The Incite Mill'', ''Kyō Kara Hitman'' and ''Tokyo Eyes''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Dubbing
*'' Rambo: Last Blood'', ...
as Akira Kato
*
Renji Ishibashi
, born is a Japanese actor. He won the award for best supporting actor at the 15th Hochi Film Award for '' Rōnin-gai''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Video game
* '' Yakuza: Dead Souls'' - Oyassan
References
External links
*
Renji Ishi ...
as Old Man
* Masahiro Kōmoto as Seiichi Tomoda
*
Yukiko Okamoto as Kumi Kato
*
Chiharu Kawai
*
Shōei
;''Samurai Cellular''
*
Kiichi Nakai
is a Japanese actor. His name was given by Yasujirō Ozu. His father, Keiji Sada, also a movie actor, died when Nakai was only two years old. Nakai started his acting career while he was still in university and was awarded the Rookie of the Ye ...
as
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* Ōishi Station
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*
Megumi Okina
is a Japanese people, Japanese actress and singer. Born in Hiroshima and raised in Tokyo, she made her J-Pop debut on 19 August 1995. She starred in the Japanese original of ''Ju-on: The Grudge, The Grudge''. She married Susumu Fujita in Januar ...
as Karu
*
Keiko Toda
is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator from Nagoya, Aichi. Her most famous role is the voice of the children's hero Anpanman on the long running anime ''Soreike! Anpanman''. She was also the voice of Thomas the Tank Engine in th ...
as Riku
*
Norito Yashima is a Japanese actor, TV personality, narrator, voice actor and presenter. He is currently employed by ComeCome Miniki-Na Theater Company and SIS company. He landed his first hosting job on the Fuji TV series '' Hey! Spring of Trivia'', a show he co ...
as the operator
*
Ryo Katsuji
is a Japanese actor and voice actor. He graduated from the Horikoshi High School.
Filmography
Films
*'' Tales of the Unusual'' (2000), Ōishi Chikara
*''All About Lily Chou-Chou'' (2001), Hitoshi Terawaki
*''Yume Oikakete'' (2003), Junichi
*'' ...
as Ōishi Chikara
* Kairi Narita as
Horibe Yasubee
was a warrior in Japan. Yasubee was born to , a samurai of the Shibata Domain (a ''han'' in present-day Niigata Prefecture) . When Yasubee was 13, his father lost his position and became a rōnin. Soon afterwards, Yajiemon died, and as Yasubee ...
References
Footnotes
General sources
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External links
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KFCC review
2000 films
Japanese horror anthology films
Films directed by Masayuki Ochiai
2000 horror films
Films with screenplays by Kôki Mitani
Films scored by Toshihiko Sahashi
Films based on television series
2000s Japanese films
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