Tales of the Unusual
Nov 03, 2000 · 2h 6m
Director
Hisao Ogura, Masayuki Ochiai, Masayuki Suzuki, Mamoru HoshiOverview
A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by guilt over a death they inadvertantly caused, an emotionally broken chessmaster pressed into playing a real-life game for an eccentric millionaire, a wandering medieval samurai who finds a modern-day cell phone on the ground and a person on the other end asking questions about the past, and a young couple who agree to try a computer simulation of what their future as husband and wife would be like.
Cast of Tales of the Unusual
Kazuyuki AijimaManabe (segment "One Snowy Night") / Salaryman (segment "The Storyteller")
Izumi InamoriChiharu Takajo (segment "The Marriage Simulator")
Renji IshibashiOld Man (segment "Chess")
Takashi KashiwabaraYuichi Tokunagi (segment "The Marriage Simulator")
Narumi Kayashima(segment "The Marriage Simulator")
Masahiro KomotoSeiichi Tomoda (segment "Chess")
Saya Takagi(segment "The Marriage Simulator")
Akihiko Murata
Kiichi Nakai(segment "Samurai Cellular")
Hideyuki Nakayama
Ren OsugiYoshiaki Yamauchi (segment "One Snowy Night")
Yukiko OkamotoKumi Kato (segment "Chess")
Megumi OkinaKaru (segment "Samurai Cellular")
Kazuma SuzukiTakuro Yuki (segment "One Snowy Night")
Shinji TakedaAkira Kato (segment "Chess")
TamoriStoryteller (segment "The Storyteller")
Keiko TodaRiku (segment "Samurai Cellular")
Koji YamamotoCollege Student (segment "The Storyteller")
Isao YatsuOld Man (segment "The Storyteller")
Norito YashimaMan (segment "Samurai Cellular")
Akiko YadaMisa Kihara (segment "One Snowy Night")
Akira Takarada
Crew of Tales of the Unusual
Hisao OguraDirector
Masayuki OchiaiDirector, Writer
Masayuki SuzukiDirector
Mamoru HoshiDirector
Ryôichi KimizukaWriter- Katsuhide SuzukiWriter
Tomoko AizawaWriter- Motoki NakamuraWriter
- Daisuke SekiguchiProducer
- Hironori DoiOriginal Music Composer
- Hiroshi TakaseDirector of Photography
- Takashi YoshidaProduction Design
- Kentaro KanekoProduction Coordinator
About Tales of the Unusual
What is Tales of the Unusual about?
A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by guilt over a death they inadvertantly caused, an emotionally broken chessmaster pressed into playing a real-life game for an…
When was Tales of the Unusual released?
Tales of the Unusual was released on November 3, 2000.
How long is Tales of the Unusual?
Tales of the Unusual runs 2 hours 6 minutes (126 minutes).
Who directed Tales of the Unusual?
Tales of the Unusual was directed by Hisao Ogura, Masayuki Ochiai and Masayuki Suzuki.
Who is in the cast of Tales of the Unusual?
The cast of Tales of the Unusual includes Kazuyuki Aijima (Manabe (segment "One Snowy Night") / Salaryman (segment "The Storyteller")), Izumi Inamori (Chiharu Takajo (segment "The Marriage Simulator")), Renji Ishibashi (Old Man (segment "Chess")), Takashi Kashiwabara (Yuichi Tokunagi (segment "The Marriage Simulator")) and Narumi Kayashima ((segment "The Marriage Simulator")).