Tales of the Unusual
Overview
A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by guilt over a death they inadvertantly caused, an emotionally broken chessmaster pressed into playing a real-life game for an eccentric millionaire, a wandering medieval samurai who finds a modern-day cell phone on the ground and a person on the other end asking questions about the past, and a young couple who agree to try a computer simulation of what their future as husband and wife would be like.
Where to Watch (US)
Details
- Directors
- Masayuki Ochiai, Masayuki Suzuki, Mamoru Hoshi, Hisao Ogura
- Written by
- Masayuki Ochiai, Ryôichi Kimizuka, Tomoko Aizawa, Motoki Nakamura
- Produced by
- Daisuke Sekiguchi
- Composer
- Hironori Doi
Cast
Kazuyuki Aijima
Manabe (segment "One Snowy Night") / Salaryman (segment "The Storyteller")
Izumi Inamori
Chiharu Takajo (segment "The Marriage Simulator")
Renji Ishibashi
Old Man (segment "Chess")
Takashi Kashiwabara
Yuichi Tokunagi (segment "The Marriage Simulator")
Narumi Kayashima
(segment "The Marriage Simulator")
Masahiro Komoto
Seiichi Tomoda (segment "Chess")
Saya Takagi
(segment "The Marriage Simulator")
Akihiko Murata
Kiichi Nakai
(segment "Samurai Cellular")
Hideyuki Nakayama
Ren Osugi
Yoshiaki Yamauchi (segment "One Snowy Night")
Yukiko Okamoto
Kumi Kato (segment "Chess")
Megumi Okina
Karu (segment "Samurai Cellular")
Kazuma Suzuki
Takuro Yuki (segment "One Snowy Night")
Shinji Takeda
Akira Kato (segment "Chess")
Tamori
Storyteller (segment "The Storyteller")
Links
世界奇妙物语
世界奇妙物语1991年春之特别篇
1991
Tales of the Bizarre: Christmas Eve Special
1996
Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special
2001
Tales of the Bizarre: 2005 Fall Special
2005
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Spring Special
2006
Tales of the Bizarre: 2006 Fall Special
2006
Tales of the Bizarre: 2007 Spring Special
2007
Tales of the Bizarre: 2007 Fall Special
2007
Tales of the Bizarre: 2008 Spring Special
2008
Tales of the Bizarre: 2009 Spring Special
2009
Tales of the Bizarre: 2011 Spring Special
2011
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Spring Special
2014
Tales of the Bizarre: 2014 Fall Special
2014
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Spring Special: Popular Manga Artist Competition
2015
Tales of the Bizarre: 2016 Fall Special
2016
Tales of the Bizarre: 2019 Rain Special
2019
Tales of the Bizarre: 2020 Fall Special
2020
Tales of the Bizarre: 2023 Fall Special
2023
Tales of the Bizarre: 2024 Summer Special
2024
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special
2025
Tales of the Bizarre: 35th Anniversary Special – Autumn Special
2025
