Directed by Kôji Shiraishi, Shunichi Nagasaki, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Takashi Komatsu, Masato Harada, Ten Shimoyama
Starring: Yui Natsukawa, Michitaka Tsutsui, Chiaki Kuriyama, Toshie Negishi, Ren Osugi, Yoshino Kimura, Yû Kurosawa, Ken Ishiguro, Makiko Watanabe, Satomi Tezuka, Yûki Amami, Atsuro Watabe, Eugene Harada, Shiho Fujimura, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Megumi Okina, Yôichirô Saitô, Kôji Ohkura, Reiko Matsuo, Minoru Terada, Eriko Satô, Haruhiko Katô, Chiharu Kawai, Rie Kuwana, Kazuyuki Matsuzawa, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Maya Kurosu, Ikkei Watanabe, Yûma Ishigaki, Akaji Maro, Jin Muraki, Rio Kanno, Tomono Kuga, Marika Matsumoto
Contributors: Kunimi Manda, Takenori Sentô, Masato Hara, Yasushi Tsuge, Satoshi Kadokura, Noboru Shinoda, Hiroshi Hatajima, Mugita Kinoshita, Atsushi Kuwahara, Toshiyuki Mizutani, Fumio Inoue, Shunsuke Yamada, Takeo Miratsu, Shûji Kuriyama, David Matthews, Masato Harada, Takatsugu Muramatsu, Junichi Fujisawa, Gorô Nakajima, Shinji Ogawa, Asako Yoshida, Kazuhiko Ogura, Naoyuki Yokota, Kôji Shiraishi, Shôzô Morishita, Chika Fujino, Gen Wano, Kayako Hanamura, Shuntarô Kanai, Hirokazu Kokago, Nobumasa Miyazawa, Takafumi Ohashi, Saori Yabe, Yoshimitsu Yoshitsuru, Hiroshi Hashimoto
Studio: Arrow Video
Main Language:
Japanese
Subtitles:
English
Region: Region B
Release Date: 19 May 2025
Originally Issued: 2007
No of Discs: 4
Weight: 90g
Dimensions: 135 x 15 x 171 (mm)
Genre: Horror/Occult
BBFC Cert: (15) Suitable for 15 years and over.
Rental/Retail: Retail/Rental
Run Time: 410 minutes
Sound: Stereo
Description
Collection of seven Japanese horror features. In 'Shikoku' (1999), Hinako (Yui Natsukawa) returns home to Shikoku and learns that her childhood friend Sayori (Chiaki Kuriyama) drowned several years ago. Sayori's mother Teruko (Toshie Negishi), a Shinto priestess, is acting strangely and as Hinako investigates, she learns about an ancient folk-tale that could bring her friend back to life.
'Isola: Multiple Personality Girl' (2000) is set in the aftermath of the Kobe Earthquake in 1995. Yukari Kamo (Yoshino Kimura) is a psychic who travels to the area to help survivors but when she meets Chihiro Moritani (Yû Kurosawa), a girl with dissociative identity disorder, she realises that the trauma Chihiro has experienced has caused something dangerous to unfurl in her mind. In 'Inugami' (2001) young schoolteacher Akira (Atsuro Watabe) falls in love with with a local papermaker, Miki (Yuki Amami).
Miki's family have lived in the same village for 900 years and, unbeknownst to Akira, are the guardians of evil spirits known as inugami. With Miki distracted by her new love, the spirits are able to slip loose from her control and inflict terrible harm on those who challenge them. In 'St.
John's Wort' (2001) Nami (Megumi Okina) has been creating artwork for a new video game based on images she's been seeing in her dreams. Accompanied by one of the game producers, Kohei (Yôichirô Saitô), she travels out to an abandoned house that she has recently inherited from her estranged father. As the pair explore the old mansion, filming their expedition with a digital camera and beaming the results back to their company as they go, they make a series of horrifying and grisly discoveries and also begin to realise that they themselves are being watched by a mysterious and malevolent presence through surveillance cameras in every room of the house.
'Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman' (2007) follows Kyoko Yamashita (Eriko Satô), a teacher investigating the disappearances of several children with help from her co-worker Noboru Matsuzaki (Haruhiko Katô). They soon come to realise that the spirit taking the children has ties to Noboru's own tragic past. In 'Persona' (2000) a bullied student adopts a new persona when he begins wearing a ceramic mask at school and soon, other students begin to follow his example.
Using the anonymity bestowed by the masks, they act without fearing the consequences of their behaviour. Finally, 'Noroi: The Curse' (2005) follows paranormal researcher Masafumi Kobayashi (Jin Muraki) as he investigates the legend of an ancient demon. However, the more he learns, the closer he comes to danger...
Special Features
- Interactive Menus
- Bonus Footage
- Trailers
- Deleted Scenes
- Interviews: Shunichi Nagasaki (director); Chiaki Kuriyama (actor); Yui Natsukawa (actor); Yoshino Kimura (actor); Yu Kurosawa (actor); Masato Harada (director); Megumi Okina (actor); Koichiro Saito (actor); Reiko Matsuo (actor); Koji Okura (actor); Koji Shiraishi (director); Takashi Komatsu (director); Taka Ichise (producer).
- Commentary: 'Shikoku': Tom Mes (Japanese cinema expert); 'Isola: Multiple Personality Girl': Jasper Sharp and Amber T. (critics/Japanese cinema experts); 'Inugami': Jonathan Clements (Japanese cinema expert); 'St. John's Wort': Amber T. 'Carved: The Slit-Mouthed Woman': Zack Davisson (Japanese folklore expert); 'Noroi: The Curse': Julian Singleton (critic).
- Making Of Documentary
- Other Documentary: 'The Aftermath'; 'Weapon of Choice'; 'Changing Perspective'; 'Ectoplasmic Worms'; 'How to Protect Yourself Against Curses'.
