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Spirited Away
2001 anime film directed by Hayao Miyazaki
The Grudge
2004 film directed by Takashi Shimizu
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
2005 film by Tetsuya Nomura
Ring
1998 Japanese horror film by Hideo Nakata
Ugetsu
Ugetsu (雨月物語, Ugetsu Monogatari, lit. "Rain-moon tales") is a 1953 Japanese period fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on the stories "The House in the Thicket" and "The Lust of the White Serpent" from Ueda Akinari's 1776 book Ugetsu Monogatari, combining elements of the jidaigeki (period drama) genre with a ghost story.
Anohana
is a Japanese anime television series created by , an artist collective consisting of director Tatsuyuki Nagai, screenwriter Mari Okada, and character designer Masayoshi Tanaka. The anime was produced by A-1 Pictures and aired in Fuji TV's Noitamina block between April and June 2011. It has been licensed in North America by Aniplex of America.
Kwaidan
1964 Japanese film by Masaki Kobayashi
Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack
2001 film by Shūsuke Kaneko
One Missed Call
2003 Japanese horror film by Takashi Miike
Dark Water
2002 film by Hideo Nakata
Ju-On: The Grudge
2002 film by Takashi Shimizu
Ring 2
1999 film by Hideo Nakata
Ride Your Wave
2019 Japanese animated film
Pulse
2001 film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Ring 0: Birthday
2000 film by Noroi Tsuruta
Sadako 3D
2012 film directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa
Ju-On: The Grudge 2
2003 film by Takashi Shimizu
Ju-on
2000 film by Takashi Shimizu
Kuroneko
is a 1968 Japanese jidaigeki horror film directed by Kaneto Shindō, and an adaptation of a supernatural folktale. Set during a civil war in feudal Japan, the film's plot concerns the vengeful spirits, or onryō, of a woman and her daughter-in-law, who are raped and murdered by a band of samurai. It stars Kichiemon Nakamura, Nobuko Otowa, and Kiwako Taichi.
One Missed Call 2
2005 film by Renpei Tsukamoto
Spiral
1998 film by Jōji Iida
Sadako 3D 2
2013 Japanese horror film directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa
Kaidan
2007 film by Hideo Nakata
Ju-on 2
2000 film directed by Takashi Shimizu
Journey to the Shore
2015 film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
One Missed Call: Final
2006 third and final film of the One Missed Call series directed by Manabu Asō
Imprint
13th episode of the 1st season of Masters of Horror
Ju-on: Beginning of the End
2014 Ju-on franchise’s film directed by Masayuki Ochiai
Ghost Cat Anzu
2024 anime film
Summer Ghost
2021 short film directed by loundraw
Apartment 1303
2007 film by Ataru Oikawa
Retribution
2006 film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Waka Okami wa Shōgakusei!
series of novels by Hiroko Reijo
Tormented
2011 film by Takashi Shimizu
The Woman in the Silver Plate
2016 film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Ju-On: White Ghost
2009 film
Loft
2005 film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Ghost: Mouichido Dakishimetai
2010 film by Tarō Ōtani
Reincarnation
2005 film by Takashi Shimizu
Sadako
2019 Japanese supernatural horror film
Ju-on: Black Ghost
2009 film by Mari Asato
Kagero-za
is a 1981 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a novel by Kyōka Izumi. It forms the middle section of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen (1980) and followed by Yumeji (1991), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912–1926) setting. All were produced by Genjirō Arato.
Hiruko the Goblin
1991 film
Tokaido Yotsuya kaidan
1959 film by Nobuo Nakagawa
Zigeunerweisen
1980 film by Seijun Suzuki
The Ring
horror film franchise
Ring
1995 television film
Shikoku
1999 film by Shunichi Nagasaki
Cursed
2004 Japanese horror film
Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yūrei Mansion
2005 film by Akio Yoshida
Sadako DX
2022 Japanese film
Yumeji
is a 1991 independent Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki. It is a semi-faithful account of the life of poet and painter Takehisa Yumeji. It also forms the final part of Suzuki's Taishō Roman Trilogy, preceded by Zigeunerweisen (1980) and Kagero-za (1981), surrealistic psychological dramas and ghost stories linked by style, themes and the Taishō period (1912-1926) setting. All three were produced by Genjiro Arato.
Ghost Pub
1994 film by Takayoshi Watanabe
The House Where Evil Dwells
1982 film by Kevin Connor
Jigoku
1960 Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa