Kinzō Sakura

Finalists, semi-finals, and finals of the competition to determine the "Kaiou," the most powerful ghost storyteller who tells the scariest ghost stories. The 10 winners of the preliminary rounds held in Tokyo and Osaka, including Tanishi Matsubara, Ami, and Daizo Miki, as well as the seeded player, Kinzo Sakura, tell ghost stories under the watchful eye of Junji Inagawa, the chief advisor of the competition.

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Kanzo Sakura made his breakthrough as a ghost story teller in the 1990s when he appeared in the ghost story corner of a TV variety show, and is regarded as one of the leading figures in the world of ghost stories. Based on the sensations he gained through his own near-death experience, Kinzo Sakura told his ghost stories and spiritual phenomena he had experienced in front of the camera.

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On February 12, 2013, at 11:30 a.m., Kanzo Sakura, a master ghost storyteller who wandered the borderline between life and death due to a brain hemorrhage, finally shared his near-death experience and psychic disorder.

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Horror film.

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Tadashi Imamura is a burglar who idolises Ozaki, a star baseball player he shares a birthday with. One day he realises their connection is much deeper than that and decides to find out more.

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Curses, ghosts, strange incidents... Chilling tales that will send shivers down your spine! Can you... keep up until the very end?

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Japanese horror film.

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Terrifying tales never told on TV, radio, books, or manga—and ghost stories only partially shared—are finally unsealed! I won't be responsible for whatever happens...

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A documentary delving into the mysteries of unidentified creatures (UMA), produced by the team behind ‘True Urban Legends’. Featuring shocking footage including a woman who claims to have been attacked by a kappa, the 1.5-meter-tall monster “Hibagon” said to inhabit Mount Hiba in Hiroshima Prefecture, and the “Skeleton Worm” living in a hoarder's house.

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When the Imagin and Kohana take a trip to visit Ryotaro and Airi, they are attacked by the legendary Ghost Train, and onboard are two Imagin and the evil Kamen Rider Yuuki, who is none other than Ryotaro! But when all hope seems lost, a blue DenLiner appears, delivering someone claiming to be Kamen Rider New Den-O! Just who is he, and can he help everyone save Ryotaro and save time once again?

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The Barbaric Machine Clan “Gaiark” was exiled from the Machine World by the Engines, who are huge machines that have their own will. With the exile, the Gaiark switched their target to the world of humans and attacked to pollute the Earth in order to make it more habitable for them. This is when three young individuals with hearts of justice stand up as Go-Ongers.

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The 18 best urban legends from the "Honto Ni Atta!. Toshi Densetsu" trilogy have been selected in this scariest edition.

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A youth drama portraying the life of legendary actor Shoji Kaneko, who devoted his life to filmmaking and died at the young age of 33.

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A special DVD edition from the “TV Broadcast Prohibited Series” (TV放送禁止シリーズ), that gained popularity as horror videos, plus bonus footage! Not only the famous horror night tales, but also many ghost photos and haunted spots are introduced.

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Sugisawa Village in Aomori Prefecture, where a massacre of the entire population occurred during the war. This documentary-style film depicts the horrors experienced by a TV crew on a trip to the village, which is feared as a cursed village.

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Japanese horror movie from 2001.

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Japanese horror movie from 2001.

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11-year-old Yusuke and his classmates camp in the woods and see a strange light. They discover a small metallic object like a robot which talks, calls himself Tetra and knows Yusuke's name. Tetra can create wonderful gadgets but actually has to save the world with Yusuke's help from extraterrestrials with bad intentions.

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Japanese horror movie from 2000.

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A murder mystery told in one-minute clips — one for each day of the year — filmed specifically for the SEGA Dreamcast console. It tells the story of Nao Tsunoda, a 16-year-old schoolgirl who moves to Tokyo’s Grauenheim apartment complex. One day, Nao’s life turns into a nightmare when she suddenly discovers the headless corpse of her neighbor on the roof of the house — and a chain of brutal murders continues, becoming clear that a psychopath is hunting the apartment building's inhabitants.

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Keizoku is a Japanese mystery thriller created first as a TV drama and later as a film. It is about Detective Jun Shibata, who handles unsolved cases with her hardened partner Tōru Mayama. The television series was broadcast in eleven episodes between 8 January and 19 March 1999. A two-hour "special drama" was then broadcast on 24 December 1999. The series has been called "epoch-making" in the police procedural genre on Japanese television.

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The shocking spirit-summoning experiment “Kokkuri-san” proves it was truly a dangerous game. And now, we present all-new, spine-chilling night tales from the master storyteller of terror, Kinzō Sakura.

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The day after being dumped by the boyfriend to whom she was going to give her virginity, Sawako Tsukahara (Kumiko Endo), an office lady in the accounting department of Manpan Trading Co., is dispatched as a helper to General Affairs Section 2. General Affairs Section 2, nicknamed "Shomuni," is the company's cesspool department where underachieving office ladies are gathered. The members of the General Affairs Department are Chinatsu Tsuboi (Reiko Takashima), who is in charge of the department; the femme fatale Kana Miyashita (Michiko Kawai); the self-disciplined Yumiko Maruhashi (Asako Kobayashi); the boastful Kayoko Tokunaga (Mari Hamada); the unremarkable Section Chief Inoue (Masao Komatsu); and the stray cat, Butcha.

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Aoshima, a police detective working in the Bayside Precinct, is continually frustrated by the hierarchy and red tape that plague the system. His friend Muroi is climbing the ladder of the police bureaucracy. Muroi has made a pact with Aoshima that while Aoshima looks after the streets, Muroi would make life easier for the cops on the beat. One day in Bayside, a series of events turns the small station upside down.

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Based on Tetsuya Saruwatari's manga series about a reporter who gets assigned to a serial murder case involving schoolgirls who engage in "compensated dating".

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A bureaucrat in the Ministry of Health and Welfare is murdered. The wealthy detective Ippei Yasuda's line of investigation reveals Takeshi Tsumeyu, a psychiatrist who heals the worries of big names in the political and business world and works behind the scenes as a fixer in the shadows of politics and economics. Ippei buys up the raw materials for Moonsault to fight Tsumeu, who manipulates people at will with the devil's drug, Moonsault, but...

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Ippei Yasuda, the scion of the Yasuda Zaibatsu who has continued his wandering journey, becomes a detective and corrects evil! Recognized for outstanding grades at the police academy, Ippei is assigned to the Kyobashi police station as a new detective.

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Jōtarō Fukuhara, known as ‘Joe’, is a ‘locksmith’ who poses as a vagrant to steal corporate secrets and expose wrongdoing. In reality, he is the heir to the Person Group. Years ago, his relationship with Reiko, the daughter of the head of the major advertising agency Bros, was torn apart by his father, Masafumi, leading her to take her own life. Since then, he has never shown his face to his father. However, following his father’s death, he is set to take over as president of the Person Group. Just then, he receives a request to steal a key from a bag bearing a five-pointed star from the safe of Enomoto, the chairman of Bros…

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A rookie detective learns that life in law enforcement may not be as glamorous as he thought it would be.

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Trying to demonstrate his gigolo skills to some rookies, Jin gets shot down by the beautiful and feisty Mao. His next attempt, Ami, turns out even worse, because she steals his money and vanishes. Discouraged and considering retirement, Jin wanders into a bar called “Life Counseling”, where the bartender moonlights as a fortune-teller. The reading is grim: Mao, the beloved sister of a friendly yakuza, is destined to be defiled by a gigolo. When Jin finds Ami again, he uncovers the truth: she's not only a virgin but is being blackmailed by a gang that forces her to seduce and rob men. Now Jin must dive into the criminal underworld to save Ami… and maybe find redemption along the way.

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Kunimatsu Onda, chairman of the ‘Matsuya’ pachinko chain, has entrusted the flagship ‘Matsuya Ekimae’ branch to his son Ryosuke, the company president, and his wife Masayo, the managing director, and is now enjoying a life of leisure. However, with the opening of the ‘Jumbo’ pachinko parlour on the opposite side of the station, the Ekimae branch sees a drop in customer numbers and finds itself in a precarious situation

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Kunimatsu Onda, owner of the ‘Matsuya’ pachinko chain, has handed the business over to his son Ryosuke and is now living a life of leisure. A notorious womaniser by nature, he would constantly make advances at women here and there, much to the annoyance of his wife, Masayo. Under the pretext of visiting a new machine manufacturer’s factory, Kunimatsu sets off for a hot spring resort to enjoy an affair with the geisha Momono; however, Masayo, having caught on to his plan, instructs Ryosuke to keep an eye on him and, accompanied by the shop manager Maruyama, heads to the hot spring herself. What was supposed to be a fun night turned into a family gathering, but during that time, the shop came perilously close to being taken over by a gang of professional pachinko players led by Eiko.

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Based on the comic written by Masao Yajima and illustrated by Kenshi Hirokane

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In postwar Tokyo, beloved writer-professor Hyakken Uchida retires and is buoyed through hardship by the fierce devotion of his former students, who honor him each year with a raucous “Not yet!” birthday toast. Told in warm, gently comic vignettes, Kurosawa’s farewell celebrates aging, friendship, and the sustaining ritual of teacher and pupils refusing to say goodbye.

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Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one good year left and can the manager of the Chunichi Dragons, a Japanese Central baseball league find it in him?

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