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Today I'll show you a horror anthology film: "Dark Tales of Japan"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
The film begins at a bus stop near Twilight Cemetery,
where an elegant old lady wearing a kimono gets on a late-night bus
Upon sitting, she repeatedly asks the bus driver
if he wants to hear a scary tale from Daniel CC Movie Channel
The bus driver refuses, saying that he prefers to watch it, not hear it, because he's now driving
but the old lady still goes on telling about a ghost experience
It starts on a dark and lonely night, when a little girl awaits a bus at the bus station
When the solitary bus stops at the bus station, no one gets in;
so the driver closes the door, and continues to drive the lonely road
Suddenly, a small, high-pitched voice cries out;
and when the driver looks in the rearview mirror, he sees an okiku doll sitting behind him
The story ends with that;
and the old lady looks into the audience, and asks if they want to hear a scary tale
The first story, entitled "The Spiderwoman," begins with a group of friends driving late at night
They talk about the scary creatures drivers see in the dead of the night,
like the turbo hag and man dog
As they drive through a tunnel, they pass by something that terrifies them to their very core
They do not know what it is; but they drive faster
The scene then changes to two magazine reporters,
Yamakazi and his colleague, interviewing a couple of female students about the turbo-hag monster
After the interview, they return to the office,
where they read numerous stories of eyewitnesses and victims of the Spiderwoman
It is late at night; and the woman is walking home alone, when she feels that she's being followed
She does not look back, and runs straight to her apartment
She looks through the window, and sees the Spiderwoman crawling, which causes her to faint
According to stories, there was once a woman who hated spiders
Every time she sees one, she does everything to kill it
And then, one night, a spider bit her, forever changing her life
The curse of all the spiders she killed, turned her into a Spiderwoman
She is normal by day; but she transforms and runs on all fours when sundown comes
She wraps her victims with her sticky web;
and they end up wrapped up and killed, or become like her
Fortunately, victims can protect themselves by saying "spider wasp",
an enemy that preys and feeds upon spiders
As these reporters read the statements, they notice that they all come from the same address
The following day, the reporter investigates a young girl,
who claims to have been attacked by Spiderwoman
Later that day, Yamakazi cannot contact his colleague,
so the magazine editor forces him to search for the colleague, so they can meet the deadline
Yamakazi goes to the tunnel, where the Spiderwoman is believed to be seen
He meets a schoolgirl there, praying to the Spiderwoman to stop pestering and killing people
She's actually the girl's friend, who claims to be a victim of Spiderwoman
She takes him to the victim's apartment
The schoolgirl reassures her victim friend that Yamakazi can be trusted
The victim tells what happened fastly
she just keeps talking and talking, without a pause
Yamakazi tries to write her statement, but then ends up recording her, as he can't follow her speed
However, they get interrupted, when the victim's mother comes home
Yamakazi introduces himself,
while the schoolgirl lies about being there only for school purposes, and then leaves
They leave the victim girl's room, and go to the living room,
where the mother kindly offers him tea and a pair of slippers
Yamakazi leads the conversation, bringing up the victim's story of Spiderwoman
As the conversation goes on, Yamakazi notices that the slippers are sticky
The mother diverts his attention from that, and brings up how spiders are cruel
She says that female spiders are usually bigger than male spiders;
and after they mate, the female spiders eat the male spiders
She suddenly laughs at spiders' mating habits
Yamakazi innocently asks if it is not the praying mantis with the mating habit
The mother suddenly becomes offended by this, and goes straight to the kitchen
Yamakazi tries to go after her; but the slippers become even stickier
He then remembers how the Spiderwoman is normal by day,
and becomes a spider when sundown comes, according to the legend
Right then, Yamakazi hears faint cries of help, and begging coming from the victim's room
He follows the voice, and finds his colleague wrapped up in a spider web in the closet
As he turns around, he sees the victim girl snarling at him,
as her body transforms into a younger version of the Spiderwoman
Yamakazi backs away from the shock, but then notices someone behind him
He turns around, only to find the mother staring at him with multiple eyes, much to his horror
He desperately brings himself out of that sticky place,
and repeatedly says "spider wasp" as he does so
As he drives, the schoolgirl, who is also a Spiderwoman, gropes him, causing a car crash
Yamakazi gets out of the car, but then gets attacked by the mother,
who fully transforms into her Spiderwoman form
The story ends with a flashback of the group of friends,
driving through the tunnel and finding Yamakazi, who has now become a Spider-man
The second story, entitled "Crevices," begins with Kodera,
a young gentleman visiting the apartment of his missing friend
On the way to the apartment, the building manager informs Kodera that it has been 3 months,
since his friend paid the rent
As they enter the flat, Kodera is shocked to see that every crack
and crevice of the apartment's interior is sealed with red tape
They remove the massive amount of red tape in the apartment
Halfway through, Kodera excuses himself, as he wants to inspect the flat
He finds CD tapes, more rolls of red tape, and his friend's computer
As he opens it, he finds the sentence, "I'm being watched " repeatedly written on the screen
Kodera hears a clanging in the kitchen; so he checks it, and finds the manager's beer on the floor
He calls the manager, but receives no answer
so he dismisses it, and cleans the mess on the floor
He then watches the TV, when it suddenly shuts down by itself,
revealing a reflection of a woman standing in the corner
Kodera quickly turns around; and fortunately, there is no one there
Kodera then notices the video camera on the TV; so he connects it to see the videos
It's a video taken by his friend himself,
capturing the cracks and crevices, while taunting someone to come out
His friend puts red tape on every crack and crevice,
while saying that it is his house, and he will not be defeated
He begins to have a mental breakdown, when he hears a woman giggling
His friend takes the camera to inspect the cracks;
and there it is: the tape has been removed partially from the windows
This freaks him out; so he puts down the cam to fix it
but instead, something grabs him; and Kodera can only hear his terrified screams
Suddenly, the TV shuts down; and Kodera finds it strangely unplugged
Kodera reaches for the cord, when something grabs him
Kodera breaks free from the grip, and begins to panic when he sees red marks on his arm
He then hears a woman giggling;
and when he tries to leave, he finds hands creeping out from every crack and crevice
He immediately takes the red tapes, and puts them on the cracks and crevices
But then, he forgets to close the cabinet
The story ends with Kodera's scream, as the mysterious woman makes him disappear too
The following story, entitled "The Sacrifice,"
begins with a woman telling an event of her childhood life she will never forget
It is late at night; and she interrupts her grandma, who is chanting to the ancestors
The candlelight suddenly goes out;
and her younger self sees a humungous head in the corner of the room,
with her grandma in between its lips
Fast-forward to decades later, Mayuki now works in Tokyo with her friend
Mayuki finds a box on her desk; so she excitedly opens it, thinking it is from her secret admirer
However, she lets out a scream of shock and disgust, upon finding a dead insect inside
During lunch, Mayuki shares with her friend that their co-worker, Fukuda, had asked her out
However, Mayuki refused him, and Fukuda left her without a word
The friend informs Mayuki that Fukuda threatened a girl from Accounting,
that he would put a curse on her after rejecting him
It was just a rumor; but the girl stopped showing up to work since then
Mayuki and her friend then notice Fukuda staring at them with deadly eyes
As they find him, Fukuda starts walking away, like nothing happened
Later that night, as Mayuki walks home, she finds more insects outside her apartment,
and a circular red mark with a dot inside drawn on her door
The following day, when Fukuda talks to her about work, Mayuki notices his injured hand
Mayuki remembers the blood on her door last night,
and thinks that maybe Fukuda has something to do with it
Later that day, Mayuki returns to her childhood home, as her mother suddenly falls ill
Mayuki is happy to be with her parents again;
but her mother instructs her to pray to the ancestors first
After praying, Mayuki shares with her dad her last memory of her grandma before she died
Suddenly, an old woman points at Mayuki, saying that her mother will die for her
Her grandson comes, and drags the old woman away
Later that night, Mayuki becomes irritated,
after finding out that her mother has been chanting for hours
Mayuki interrupts her mom, as she is worried about her health
but her mother insists on continuing her chants
The following day, while reading newspapers,
Mayuki notices the same mark on her door drawn on the ceiling
Mayuki realizes that Fukuda has cursed her; and it follows her to the family home
She returns to Tokyo, and goes to Fukuda's apartment
She hides on the side, when she hears Fukuda coming out;
and she waits for him to leave, before getting into his apartment
As Mayuki wanders around the room, she finds witchcraft stuff,
and videotapes with different names of a woman as a name
She plays the videotape with her name on it, revealing that Fukuda has stalked her
He also left the dead insects, and drew the mark on her door using his blood
Mayuki returns to the family home the same day;
and her mother's condition has worsened because of her stubbornness
Later that night, while Mayuki's mother chants again, Mayuki wakes up,
and finds dozens of dead insects around her bed
The circular mark also shows up on her forearm
Mayuki dismisses it, and interrupts her mother,
causing her to experience the same thing she did when she was a child
The candlelights go out; and the humungous head in the corner has her mom in between its lips
Mayuki wakes up the following day, with the dead insects still on her bed
but the mark on the ceiling and on her forearm has vanished
However, she finds her mom's lifeless body in the altar room
Mayuki discovers that Fukuda dies soon after her mom's death
After her mother's death, Mayuki permanently returned to her family home;
and she will never know the relation between the humongous head
in the corner to her mother and grandma's death
It turns out, the grandma chose to die for the mother and save her endangered life in the past;
while the mother also chose to sacrifice herself to save Mayuki
when knowing that her daughter is cursed by the evil Fukuda,
who cast the evil love spells on those girls
The next story, entitled "Blonde Kwaidan,"
begins with a Japanese film executive, visiting Hollywood for the first time
The film executive cannot hide his excitement and pervertedness, upon seeing real-life blondies
He stays at the film Director's house in the meantime,
as the director is out on vacation with his blonde girlfriend
he drinks all the wine in the house, as his work starts tomorrow
Later that night, while drunk in bed, he feels a woman's foot caressing his feet and thighs
At first, he enjoys it; but then he sits awake, when he realizes that he's alone in the house
His phone suddenly rings; so he goes out of the room and takes it
The caller informs him that the director has killed himself;
so he needs to find a new place to stay
So he hurriedly returns to the bedroom to pack his things
However, he finds blonde hair strands, wrapped around his left hand
The hair comes from underneath the bed; so he removes it, when he notices blood on the floor
He accidentally knocks over the lamp from shock,
revealing the blonde girlfriend of the director dead underneath the bed
The lights go out; and he can only watch in fear,
as the blonde emerges from the bed, and scares him to death
The last story, entitled "Presentiment," begins with Fukawa,
a Japanese businessman, committing the perfect act of embezzlement
After putting all the discs in a suitcase, Fukawa boards the elevator to make his escape
Inside him are three unusual people; an old couple and a sophisticated woman in a hat
Fukawa realizes that he made a mistake,
as he needs to leave the building; but the elevator is going up
The old couple notices Fukawa's distress upon finding this out;
but Fukawa pretends like he is not in a hurry
He then receives a phone call from a woman, presumed to be his mistress, yelling at him
She feels that Fukawa is not ready to leave his wife and daughter to be with her
Fukawa tries to explain; but the signal loss cuts off the call
The elevator power suddenly goes out, trapping all the passengers inside
Fukawa looks for a signal, while the trio remains standing, unmoved and unbothered
Fukawa begins to panic, as his phone does not have any signal or power
So he asks the passengers, especially the woman in a hat, if they have cellphones
The woman calmly explains that she has no use for a cellphone, frustrating Fukawa even more
Fortunately, the maintenance company uses the intercom,
and informs Fukawa that they will be coming in half an hour
He tells them that there are four passengers trapped inside
However, they have security cameras inside; but they only see Fukawa alone inside
This shooks Fukawa to the core,
as he realizes that the people inside the elevator with him are ghosts
Fukawa hurriedly gets out the embezzlement discs,
while apologizing and repeatedly begs them to let him leave
However, his death is not about his deeds; it is just his time
The trio begins to cry as they look at him, freaking out Fukawa even more
Fortunately, the maintenance company arrives just in time, and removes him from the elevator
Despite his experience, Fukawa retrieves the discs on the elevator floor,
and insists not to be taken to the hospital for any mental tests, because he might be hallucinating
He leaves the building, and finds the trio sitting at a table near him
He asks the waitress if she can see them
but she just thinks of him as an insane person
Fukawa dismisses them, and prepares to leave;
but he cannot walk on the road, as continuous cars pass him
Another old man appears;
and he informs the trio that Fukawa's death by a broken cable, will still happen on time
And truth to be told, the cable carrying eye beam metals breaks, killing Fukawa in an instant
The story ends, revealing the trio as grim reapers witnessing the coming death,
and Fukawa as a wandering ghost
The scene then returns to the old woman and the bus driver
There is another passenger on the bus, a schoolgirl,
with whom the old woman shares another bus-related scary story
At the end of her tale, the old woman reveals herself as a ghost,
terrifying the schoolgirl and the bus driver that they abandon the bus
The film ends with the old woman smiling at the camera and saying,
"That's all the scary tales for tonight Sweet dreams"
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