Omnibus horror movie 'CHÔ' KOWAI HANASHI THE MOVIE: YAMI NO EIGASAI

The official website for the omnibus horror movie 'Chô' kowai hanashi the movie: yami no eigasai is online. The five stories in the movie are based on ones written by Yumeaki Hirayama, who also wrote the ones that Cursed ('Chô' kowai hanashi A: yami no karasu) and Tokyo Psycho (Tôkyô densetsu: ugomeku machi no kyôki) [see ScreenAnarchy article here] were based on. According to Neo Wing's Japanese webpage for the July 22 DVD release of the movie (its English - i.e., CD Japan - page is here), the five stories are as follows: "Akuryô" (director and star: Kanji Tsuda); "Kafuka no yoru" (director and star: Miho Yabe); "Shin'ya no tsuiraku" (director: Yumeaki Hirayama); "'Yotsuya kaidan' de gozaru" (director and star: Kairakutei Black); and "Sungee aniki" (supervising screenwriter and star: Ken'ichi Endô). The movie was produced by Takafumi Horie.

Ken'ichi Endô previously starred in the Shûdan satsujin kurabu tetralogy: Shûdan satsujin kurabu (2003); Shûdan satsujin kurabu: returns (2003); Shûdan satsujin kurabu: growing (2004); and Shûdan satsujin kurabu: saigo no satsuriku (2004). He's in a number of other current/upcoming movies, including Kôsuke Suzuki's Oppai seijin [see ScreenAnarchy article here], Takashi Ishii's Flower and Snake 2: Paris/Shizuko (Hana to hebi 2: Pari/Shizuko) [see ScreenAnarchy articles here and there], Masahiro Asao's Deserted Dogs (Suteinu) [see ScreenAnarchy articles here and there], and Yûdai Yamaguchi's Sakigake!! Cromartie High School: The Movie (Sakigake!! Kuromati Kôkô: the movie) [see ScreenAnarchy article here].