Gebaseerd op een beroemd verhaal uit de Japanse folklore. Een oude man vindt op een dag een baby in een stralende bamboeplant. Het jonge meisje, gezegend met een uitzonderlijke schoonheid, blijkt later een prinses van buitenaardse komaf te zijn.
Kwaidan, letterlijk 'Ghost Stories', is een uit 4 delen bestaande horrorfilm, gebaseerd op Lafcadio Hearn's verhalenbundel 'Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things', een verzameling oude Japanse volksverhalen.
Een familie leeft alleen op een geïsoleerd eiland en ontwikkelt unieke normen en waarden betreffende seksualiteit. Zo is incest volledig geaccepteerd, is de patriarch vader en grootvader tegelijk van zijn zoon, en is de achterlijke dochter seksueel verslaafd.
Ryoichi Yoshimori is een universiteitsstudent. Zijn vriendin, Kyoko Sawada, is een paar jaar ouder, maar het maakt het paar niet uit, want ze zijn erg verliefd. Nadat Ryoichi Kyoko een aanzoek heeft gedaan, verdwijnt ze plotseling. Enkele dagen later komt Kyoko weer tevoorschijn, maar beweert geen herinnering aan hem te hebben. Met de hulp van een klasgenoot/advocaat Chiaki Takaharu en zijn jeugdvriend Maki Kawai probeert Ryoichi het mysterie te ontrafelen dat mogelijk verband houdt met de geruchten over een geheugenwissend individu dat bekend staat als Kiokuya.
21 years ago, a baby arrived on earth inside of a peach. Today, five warriors based on the legend of Momotaro fight enemies that are inhabiting humans, invisible to the naked eye. Together they fight to take back gears based on previous Super Sentai.
In a bet to prove whether ghosts or aliens exist, two high schoolers face terrifying paranormal threats, gain superpowers and maybe even fall in love?!
Host Peter Barakan delves into various aspects of Japanese culture; exploring practices, history, and modern innovations in such areas as ramen, rice, sushi, geisha, bonsai, and so much more. Local experts discuss their passions at fascinating length, and American Japanophile Matt Alt experiences the food, practices, and cultures in each episode in depth. Viewers will finish each half hour episode with a new understanding of an area of Japanese life through demonstrative videos and explanations, all delivered respectfully and true to the Japanese way of life.
In this world, creatures like vampires and werewolves still walk about, but Aya Rindo can’t say the same for herself. This beautiful disembodied head, carried by her maid Shizuku Hasei, is a detective in search of her stolen body. One evening, they meet half-human Oni Slayer Tsugaru Shunichi, who offers a lending hand. Now, the trio is traveling through Europe, solving mysteries along the way.
After accidentally breaking a statue of the guardian god of the Asakusa district, middle school students Kazuki, Toi and Enta are transformed into kappas -creatures from japanese folklore- by Keppi, self-proclaimed prince of the Kappa Kingdom. If they want to regain their human form, they must collect the five Dishes of Hope for him, which fulfill the wishes of whoever possesses them. To do so, they will fight against the kappa-zombies and extract their "shirikodama", the mythical organ containing humans' deepest desires. Two policemen, Reo and Mabu, are the ones behind this evil scheme, turning humans into zombies as agents of the Otter Empire, enemy of the Kappa Kingdom since ancient times. In the guise of "Kappazon, Inc.", they control society by manipulating the desires of the masses for their own goals. To succeed in their mission, the boys must be connected through the "Sarazanmai", revealing their most intimate secrets in the process...
The timeless heart of Japan's ancient capital. Against its rich backdrop of culture and tradition, today's Kyoto continues to innovate and inspire.
An anthology of three classic Japanese horror stories: "Yotsuya Ghost Story", the story of a wife betrayed by her husband who seeks vengeance even in death; "Goddess of the Dark Tower", the story of forbidden love between a goddess and a human; and "Goblin Cat", the story of a mysterious cat monster with a vendetta against a certain family.
The adventures of a human and three little gnomes.
Mio Meguro is a timid person. She is afraid of being hated by others, and this causes her to refrain from saying what she really wants to say. She doesn't have any specific things she wants to do. She got a job and eventually dated a man from her workplace. Mio Meguro wanted to marry the man, but he turns out to be a bad guy. Because of him, she becomes penniless and unemployed. Her life descends into a bottomless pit. Mio Meguro then happens to get a sharehouse, where the mysterious creatures known as yōkai live. The yōkai try to solve her problems in radical ways.
A five-minute series where you can explore a wide variety of Japanese cultures, traditions and lifestyles.
