Tales of the Bizarre: SMAP Special

2001 2h 5m JA

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Synopsis

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Consisting of 5 stories: 1. Extra Synopsis: A man decides to go against a society whose every action and exchange of dialogue has already been prewritten in the screenplay of life. 2. 13-banme no Kyaku (Guest no. 13) Synopsis: A short-tempered man gets his hair cut at a strange barber shop only to find that he cannot leave before going through a certain process. 3. Black Room Synopsis: A son returns home from America to find his hometown shrouded in black and his parents behaving very strangely. 4. Boku wa Tabi o Suru (I'm Taking a Trip) Synopsis: A man’s older sister goes on a trip without realizing the terrifying truth. 5. Otona Juken (Adult Test) Synopsis: A young man must prove that he is truly an adult through a series of real life scenario tests.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Tamori
Storyteller
Shingo Katori
Ichirou Tadano
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Kenichirou Honda
Takuya Kimura
Naoki Yunomoto
Goro Inagaki
Katsuya Tashiro
Masahiro Nakai
Youji Sagara
Ryoko Hirosue

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mamoru Hoshi
Writers: Masayuki Ochiai, Katsuhito Ishii
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Tales of the Bizarre Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Tamori and Shingo Katori and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt33484379 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Mamoru Hoshi directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Tales of the Bizarre Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Tamori and Shingo Katori and Tsuyoshi Kusanagi carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt33484379 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.