Four short films based on ghost stories written by award winning modern Japanese writers.
Direction
Tsukamoto's visceral body horror vs Kore-eda's restrained grief.
Writing
Modern literary voices honor and subvert classic kaidan structure.
Cinematography
Each segment visually distinct—four nightmares, four palettes.
Director
Shinya Tsukamoto
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kaidan (怪談) specifically refers to Edo-period ghost stories, distinct from Western horror in their moral logic—ghosts arrive because someone deserves punishment, not random malice.
This anthology united four directors who rarely touch horror: Kore-eda had never directed supernatural material before, making his segment the most unexpected.
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