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unusual facts about Japanese horror



Kakashi

In 2001, Kakashi was adapted into a live-action Japanese horror film, directed by Norio Tsuruta, starring Maho Nonami, Ko Shibasaki and Grace Yip.


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Ben Hibon

He also designed and directed a segment for Tokyo Zombie, a Japanese horror film written and directed by the infamous Sakichi Sato.

Fruit Chan

Don't Look Up (2009), a remake of the 1996 Japanese horror film Don't Look Up

George Krstic

Most recently, Krstic has teamed with Japanese horror director Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Azumi and Midnight Meat Train) on a Versus reboot.

Motoyoshi Oda

Probably his most distinguished credits are Lady From Hell (1949, based on a Kurosawa script), Tomei Ningen a 1954 Japanese horror classic inspired by The Invisible Man, a follow-up to his earlier 1954 film Ghost Man.

We Live

"Eko Eko Azarak" is the title of the first in a series of Japanese horror movies directed by Shimako Sato, while "Tutti I Colori Del Buio" and "Living Dead at Manchester Morgue" are named after a 1972 Sergio Martino movie and a 1974 Jorge Grau horror movie, respectively.