Tales of the Unusual (2000)
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.
Genre: Horror, Comedy, Romance
Runtime: 126 min
Release Date: November 3, 2000
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
Screenplay
Music: Hironori Doi
Cinematography: Hiroshi Takase
Country: Japan
Language: English, Français, 日本語
Original Language: ja
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Tales of the Unusual about?
- 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.
- Who directed Tales of the Unusual?
- Tales of the Unusual was directed by Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura, Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Suzuki.
- Who stars in Tales of the Unusual?
- Tales of the Unusual stars Kazuyuki Aijima, Izumi Inamori, Renji Ishibashi, Takashi Kashiwabara, Narumi Kayashima, Masahiro Komoto.
- How long is Tales of the Unusual?
- Tales of the Unusual has a runtime of 2h 6m (126 minutes).
- What genre is Tales of the Unusual?
- Tales of the Unusual is a Horror, Comedy, Romance film.
- Where was Tales of the Unusual produced?
- Tales of the Unusual was produced in Japan.