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Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts

Year of production
2023
Duration
93 min.
Genres
Documentary

Synopsis

A journey through the most disturbing Japanese folklore accompanied by some of the leading figures in Japanese horror, including Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Junji Ito, among others. These unique guides will lead us through spaces as diverse as the urban labyrinth of Tokyo or the leafy depths of an enchanted forest, showing us the stages of a mythology that is thousands of years old but still very much alive today.

Director

Yves Montmayeur

Yves Montmayeur

Director of more than a dozen documentaries, in 2015 he won the Best Documentary award at Venice Classics with The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin.

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Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts
Section
Sitges Documenta
Director
Yves Montmayeur

Writer
Yves Montmayeur 

Cinematography
Yves Montmayeur, Constant Voisin 

Editor
Matthiew Brunel 

With
Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Junji Ito, Akaji Maro 
Production countries
France
Languages
Japanese
French
Subtitle languages
English, Castellà, Català

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