| Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater | |
| Creator: | Kazuo Umezu |
| Years: | 2005 |
, also known as Kazuo Umezz's Horror Theater, is a Japanese six-part anthology horror film series based on manga works by Kazuo Umezu. It was released in 2005 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the start of Umezu's career as a manga artist.[1] [2] The series was distributed by Shochiku, and features music composed by singer-songwriter Rurutia.[3]
is directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.[4] [5] [6] Its plot centers around a husband and wife, the former of whom suspects the latter of not only being unfaithful to him, but possibly mutating into a large insect.
, is directed by Itō Tadafumi and written by Hiroshi Takahashi.[7] It follows a schoolgirl who goes on an extreme diet in order to win the affections of a boy.
, directed by Noboru Iguchi, is an adaptation of The Spotted Girl, an installment in Umezu's 1965–66 manga trilogy Reptilia.[8] The film stars Arisa Nakamura as Yumiko, a girl who is invited by her cousin to spend her summer vacation in a rural village, where she finds herself terrorized by a half-human, half-snake witch.
is directed by Atsushi Shimizu. It follows a lonely schoolboy who carves a companion for himself in the form of a wooden doll shaped like a human head.
, directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi, sees a group of students' Christmas festivities interrupted by a murderous Santa Claus[9] [10] and his band of flesh-eating reindeer.
is directed by Taichi Itō. It follows a group of supposed psychics who, as part of a reality television program, are challenged to spend 24 hours in an abandoned office building where, ten years prior, a group of girls disappeared after attempting to summon ghosts.
The six films were screened at the Eurospace theater in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, on 18 June 2005.
"様図かずお恐怖劇場」今年、プロデビュー 50 周年を迎えるホラーコミックの先駆者、楳図かずお原作の 6 つの [...]"