Takashi Shimizu is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the Ju-On franchise, and directing four of its films, internationally, in both Japan and the U.S. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Shimizu is "one of a new breed of Japanese horror directors" who prefers to "suggest menace and violence rather than directly depict it."
Saaya Irie is a Japanese actress, voice actress, gravure idol and singer. Her stage name is simply her given name, Saaya.
Kikaider 01, is a tokusatsu superhero TV series, and a sequel series to Android Kikaider. Produced by Toei Company and Ishimori Productions, it was broadcast on NET from May 12, 1973 to March 30, 1974, with a total of 46 episodes. Its title in Hawaii is Kikaida 01.
Kotodama or kototama refers to the Japanese belief that mystical powers dwell in words and names. English translations include "soul of language", "spirit of language", "power of language", "power word", "magic word", and "sacred sound". The notion of kotodama presupposes that sounds can magically affect objects, and that ritual word usages can influence our environment, body, mind, and soul.
Kamen Rider, also referred to as (New) Kamen Rider or Skyrider, is a Japanese tokusatsu television series created by Shotaro Ishinomori and the sixth program in the Kamen Rider Series. The series was a co-production between Toei and Ishinomori Productions. The series aired every Friday at 7:00 PM on MBS from October 5, 1979 to October 10, 1980.
School Ghost Stories, also known as Haunted School, is a 1995 Japanese horror film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It follows a group of schoolchildren who encounter spirits and other supernatural happenings in an abandoned wing of their elementary school.
Gakkō no Kaidan is a Japanese light novel series by Takaaki Kaima with illustrations by Amane Amahuku. The first novel in the series was released on January 30, 2006, and a total of twelve volumes have been published by Enterbrain under their Famitsu Bunko publishing imprint when the series concluded on July 30, 2009. A live action movie adaptation was directed by Hirosaka Sasaki and premiered in Japanese theaters on June 9, 2007. The word kaidan used in the title is homophonic to the word kaidan (怪談), meaning "ghost stories".
School Ghost Stories 3 is a 1997 Japanese film directed by Shūsuke Kaneko. The film is about elementary school children who are taken to an alternate universe through a school mirror.
The Japanese School of Kuala Lumpur is a Japanese international school in Saujana Golf and Country Club in Subang, Selangor, Malaysia. The syllabus at this school is based on the Japanese Education Curriculum.
Mei Kurokawa is a Japanese actress and singer. Her given name Mei originates from her birth month (May) in English. She has been frequently featured in many Japanese dramas and Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Yūrei Mansion films.
Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni, subtitled The Unforgiving Flowers Blossom in the Dead of Night, is a Japanese manga written by Ryukishi07 of 07th Expansion and illustrated by Ichirō Tsunohazu. It was serialized between the May 2010 and November 2012 issues of Fujimi Shobo's Monthly Dragon Age magazine. 07th Expansion adapted the manga into a dōjin visual novel series, with the first game released on August 13, 2011 at Comiket 80 and the second on December 31, 2011 at Comiket 81.
Haunted School 2 is a 1996 Japanese horror film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama. It is the second installment in the Gakkō no Kaidan film series, following the 1995 film School Ghost Stories.
Tokyo Korean School is a Korean school located in Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan; catering to the Korean expatriate community and to Japanese-Koreans living in and around Tokyo. It was founded in 1954. It is affiliated with the South Korean government and Mindan (민단). It includes an elementary school, a middle school and a high school. The total population of the school is approximately 1,100 students. The primary language of instruction at the school is Korean. However, there is an English language department and English library at the school. Japanese is also taught as a second language at the school. Educational essentialism is the main educational philosophy of teachers in both the Korean and English departments at the school.
Chōsen gakkō are schools located in Japan at which children from Korean communities in Japan receive their ethnic-centric heritage education.
Haunted School 4 is a 1999 Japanese film directed by Hideyuki Hirayama.
Ai no Kotodama is a Japanese manga series by Keiko Konno. It was serialized in the yaoi manga magazine Daria from 2000 to 2003. A live-action film adaptation was released on October 27, 2007. A live-action film sequel titled Ai no Kotodama: Sekai no Hate Made, based on the short story Sekai no Hate Made compiled with Ai no Kotodama's volumes, was released on August 7, 2010.
Gege Akutami is a Japanese manga artist, known for their work Jujutsu Kaisen. Gege Akutami is a pen name and the author's real name and gender are unknown.
Curse of the Blood is a 1968 Japanese jidaigeki Horror film directed by Kazuo Hase and screenplay by Masashige Narusawa. It stars Masakazu Tamura. Curse of the Blood was adapted from the novel Kaidan Kasanegafuchi written by Renzaburō Shibata.
House of Terrors, also known as The Ghost of the Hunchback, is a 1965 Japanese horror film directed by Hajime Sato and produced by Toei Company.
