Junji Ito

A young couple, Tomio and Madoka, decide to get married. Madoka convinces Tomio to visit a fortune teller to have their future foretold. He's immediately attracted to the seductive psychic and returns to her late one night. When he comes to his senses he rejects her out of guilt and tries to leave, but she puts a curse on him out of frustration. Now, Tomio roams the streets trying to, literally, keep his head on straight!

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Yosuke Shinkai is haunted by a past he cannot recall - and a body that is rapidly decomposing. He is a living corpse, unclear who he is or why he has been brought back to life only to suffer again a slow gruesome death. Based on the 1986 horror manga by Hideshi Hino.

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Director Guillermo del Toro journeys through a labyrinth of childhood memories, cultural myths and monsters to reveal the origins of his visionary films.

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Kirie tries to escape from her town Kurouzu-cho, where the residents get obsessed with spirals due to an unexplained curse.

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An exploration of the spirit world as portrayed in the height of the J-horror era of the late ‘90s.

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A documentary about Hino Hideshi, a famous horror manga artist in Japan.

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Artists who have supported the horror manga genre will discuss their works, revealing behind-the-scenes stories that even the most ardent fans may not know.

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Urasawa Naoki no Manben (Naoki Urasawa's Manga Exertions) is a TV Documentary airing on NHK Educational TV. It follows acclaimed mangaka Naoki Urasawa (creator of 20th Century Boys and Monster) as he sets out to break new ground for manga even further than he already has. In an attempt to educate viewers about manga and preserve the intricate craftsmanship and process of Japanese artists on video for future generations, he invites a manga artist to have their workplace filmed for a couple of days, so as to display them in the process of crafting chapters for their current serializations. After the footage has been shot, Urasawa meets with the artist and they discuss the footage, talking about the artist's workplace and workflow, the difficulties involved in the mangaka lifestyle, their reasons for drawing manga in the first place, and their perspective on the current industry and their own work.

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Live-action anthology Series adapting from Junji Ito's selected works.

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A young couple, Tomio and Madoka, decide to get married. Madoka convinces Tomio to visit a fortune teller to have their future foretold. He's immediately attracted to the seductive psychic and returns to her late one night. When he comes to his senses he rejects her out of guilt and tries to leave, but she puts a curse on him out of frustration. Now, Tomio roams the streets trying to, literally, keep his head on straight!

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