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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

French documentary maker famous for his depictions of filmmakers like Hayao Miyazaki, Michael Haneke and Takeshi Kitano, and winner of the Golden Lion for Best Documentary in 2015.

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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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