Tag: Japan

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#POCtober: Watch Asian Horror Films (Not Their US Remakes!)

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Looking for a way to scare the crap out of yourself this evening without the bother of costumes or candy or clubbing??? Be our date and celebrate NrrrdyGrrrl’s birthday by joining us with our blankies and pop corn and these terrifying masterworks of Asian contemporary horror cinema.

Dark Water (仄暗い水の底から)
(2002) Hideo Nakata
Japan
WATCH ON YOUTUBE

Shutter (ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ)
(2004) Banjong Pisanthanakun & Parkpoom Wongpoom
Thailand
WATCH ON BUDAGEMOK

The Grudge (呪怨じゅおん)
(2002) Takashi Shimizu
Japan
WATCH ON DAILY MOTION

A Tale of Two Sisters (薔花, 紅蓮)
(2003) Kim Jee-woon
South Korea
WATCH ON VEOH HERE

One Missed Call (着信アリ)
(2003) Takashi Miike
Japan
WATCH ON YOUTUBE

The Ring (リング)
1998 Takashi Shimizu
Japan
WATCH ON DAILY MOTION
PART ONE
PART TWO

Articles

#POCtober: Japanese haunted house attractions

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The Terror of Yurei

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Full Theatrical Trailer for Tetsuya Nakashima’s ‘The World of Kanako’

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Click here to read at Firstshowing.net.

Drafthouse Films will release The World of Kanako in select theaters December 4, as well as on VOD.

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We Were Not Wired For Scary Things: Adventures in the Spooky Science of Thrills, Chills and Halloween Fear

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Click to read at Salon.com.

Riding Japan’s Takabisha, the world’s steepest roller coaster, is the perfect way to demonstrate this.

News

Japan Now Has Anime Contact Lenses

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Read about the crazy at Kotaku.com.

Circle_contact_lensGirl wearing circle contact lenses . . .not quite anime, but…
Photo by Valerie Bassi

Videos

#POCtober: WATCH Dark Tales of Japan (日本のこわい夜)

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Dark Tales of Japan (Nihon no Kowai Yoru) is a 2004 made-for-TV film anthology of five short horror stories, directed by five notable Japanese film directors: Yoshihiro Nakamura, Norio Tsuruta, Kōji Shiraishi, Takashi Shimizu and Masayuki Ochiai.

Articles

The Japanese Gamers Who Prefer to Date Videogame Characters

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LINK: You can debate the impact this has had on love

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What Disney Movies Would Look Like If They Were Anime

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LINK: Andrew Peña Redesigns the Classics

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#POCtober: Watch Kôji Shiraishi’s “The Curse” (ノロイ Noroi)

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A true cut above most found footage horror, Kôji Shiraishi’s 2005 opus “The Curse” is unique for its excellent writing and acting. Shiraishi’s unironic embrace of documentary style lends itself easily to a horror narrative that is both lengthy and complex. The result is a deceptively workmanlike approach where the bizarre and supernatural are layered into the ordinary using moments, glimpses into weirdness, all deftly laid together. In a word: Wow.