Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro

Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro is a TV drama based on "Shin Mimibukuro" which aired on TBS digital broadcasting station BS-i (currently BS-TBS) . The English release is titled " *Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan* ."

It is a short film -style horror drama with each episode lasting 5 minutes , and 5 series have been broadcast intermittently since it began broadcasting in February 2003 . Top creators such as Takashi Shimizu and Keita Amamiya are also participating as directors. It was made into an omnibus film in August 2004, and the second film in August 2005 was the first full-length in the series.

Even though it is based on Shin Mimibukuro, However, as each segment has its own interpretation and adaptation, there are many stories that have many differences from the original work.

## First Series

Broadcast in February 2003. The DVD and VHS were released by King Records on June 4 and July 2, 2003.

* **First Night**
	+ Episode 7 *"Elevator"* The Elevator (Starring: Rina Uchiyama , Director: Takashi Shimizu , Broadcast on February 3rd)
	+ Episode 1 *“The Visitor”* (Starring: Natsuki Uematsu , Director: Keisuke Toyoshima , Broadcast on February 6th)
	+ Episode 35 *“Kengo Nishioka”* (Starring: Kaoru Okunuki , Director: Norio Tsuruta , Broadcast on February 5th)
	+ Episode 34 *“Cassette Tape”* (Starring: Nao Omori , Director: Shiro Sano , Broadcast on February 10th)
	+ Episode 26 *"Off the Shelf"* (Starring: Ikkei Watanabe , Director: Akio Yoshida , Broadcast on February 24th)
	+ Episode 30 *“The Backward Suit”* (Starring: Nobuto Okamoto , Megumi Kobashi , Director: Ryuta Miyake , Broadcast on February 12th)
	+ Episode 19 *“Spilt Water”* (Starring: Mako Ishino , Director: Norio Tsuruta, Broadcast on February 11th)
	+ Episode 31 *“Video”* (Starring: Asumi Miwa , Hitomi Miwa , Director: Hirokatsu Kihara , Broadcast on February 18th)
	+ Episode 9 *"My Sister's Room"* (Starring: Nobuko Sakuma , Director: Keisuke Toyoshima, Broadcast on February 26th)
	+ Episode 20 *“School Excursion”* (Starring: Riko Kurita , Director: Ryuta Miyake, Broadcast on February 4th)

* **Second Night**
	+ Episode 27 *“Enlightenment”* (Starring: Rina Uchiyama, Director: Takashi Shimizu, Broadcast on February 20th)
	+ Episode 72 *''Waiting Time''* (Starring: Kenji Mizuhashi , Rina Uchiyama, Director: Takashi Shimizu, Broadcast on February 21st)
	+ Episode 22 *"Examination Room #3 - Part One"* (Starring: Jun Kaname , Machiko Ono , Director: Akio Yoshida, Broadcast on February 13th)
	+ Episode 23: ''*Examination Room #3 - Part Two''* (Starring: Jun Kaname, Machiko Ono, Director: Akio Yoshida, Broadcast on February 14th)
	+ Episode 33 *“Forgotten Item”* (Starring: Tomoko Tabata , Director: Ryo Namba , Broadcast on February 17th)
	+ Episode 10 *“The Train”* (Starring: Kurumi Arisaka , Kei Ishibashi , Director: Ryuta Miyake, Broadcast on February 27th)
	+ Episode 6 *“A Drop of Blood”* (Starring: Mina Shimizu , Director: Eiji Arakawa , Broadcast on February 19th)
	+ Episode 69 *“Stones”* (Starring: Kazuhiro Nakahara , Director: Keisuke Toyoshima, Broadcast on February 25th)
	+ Episode 60 *“The Lover”* (Starring: Minori Tachibana , Director: Norio Tsuruta)
	+ Episode 77 *“Covering the 100 Tales”* (Starring: Yuka Kurotani , Director: Ichiro Nakayama , Broadcast on February 7th)

## Second Series

Broadcast in August 2003.

* **White String**
	+ Episode 11 *“Hide and Seek”* (Starring: Rie Tomosaka , Director: Hiroyasu Doi )
	+ Episode 15 *“Shinigami”* (Starring: Naho Takeyama , Director: Takafumi Ota )
	+ Episode 16 *“Scoop”* (Starring: Tomohisa Yuge , Director: Takafumi Ota)
	+ Episode 5 *“Takeshi-kun”* (Starring: Rie Tomosaka, Director: Toru Moriyama )
	+ Episode 32 *“Board Puppet”* (Starring: Kotaro Okamoto , Reiko Suhor , Director: Toru Moriyama)
	+ Episode 18 *“Sound of tapping on the wall”* (Starring: Chika Fujimura , Director: Hirohisa Sasaki )
	+ Episode 17 *“White String”* (Starring: Rie Tomosaka, Director: Toru Moriyama)
* **Don't Open It**
	+ Episode 36 *"Please Don't"* (Starring: Yozaburo Ito , Director: Yudai Yamaguchi )
	+ Episode 37 *"No more, please"* (Starring: Kaoru Mizuki , Director: Yudai Yamaguchi)
	+ Episode 38 *"Come, If You Dare"* (Starring: Yozaburo Ito, Director: Yudai Yamaguchi)
	+ Episode 12 *“The Garden”* (Starring: Shoko Nakahara , Director: Hiroshi Takahashi )
	+ Episode 28 *"Let's Play"* (Starring: Mai Konishi , Director: Toru Moriyama)
	+ Episode 8 *"Don't Open It"* (Starring: Mizuki Horinouchi , Director: Kei Horie )
* **Getting Closer**
	+ Episode 3 *"Family Crest"* (Starring: Hitomi Miwa , Director: Hirohisa Sasaki)
	+ Episode 14 *“An Interrogation''* (Starring: Toshio Kakei , Director: Kei Horie)Episode 25 “A Hotel'' (Starring: Mika Mifune , Director: Takafumi Ota)
	+ Episode 2 *“Take Good Care of Him''* (Starring: Hiroharu Tsuda , Director: Kei Horie)
	+ Episode 24 *“Fox and a Bath”* (Starring: Yoji Tanaka , Director: Hirohisa Sasaki)
	+ Episode 21 *“Getting Closer”* (Starring: Mayuka Suzuki , Director: Hirohisa Sasaki)
	+ Episode 29 *“Handprints”* (Starring: Yukijiro Hotaru , Director: Takafumi Ota)

## Third Series

Broadcast in May 2004.

* **Bride Version**
	+ Episode 40 *“Red Eyes”* (Starring: Maki Sakai , Koji Yazawa , Director: Kosuke Suzuki )
	+ Episode 39 *“Heavy!”* (Starring: Harumi Inoue , Kazuki Kitamura , Director: Kosuke Suzuki)
	+ Episode 43 *“Shadow sitting straight”* (Starring: Haruna Imai , Mika Hisada , Director: Noboru Iguchi )
	+ Episode 58 *“Grandma is coming”* (Starring: Ryuichi Oura , Yuzo Mikawa , Director: Noboru Iguchi)
	+ Episode 50 *“Red Tricycle”* (Starring: Shion Nakamaru , Masaaki Takarai , Director: Ryuta Miyake )
	+ Episode 42 *“Another”* (Starring: Yasuto Hida , Jinta Nishizawa , Director: Keisuke Toyoshima )
	+ Episode 47 *“The Bride”* (Starring: Arthur Kuroda , Director: Hirohisa Sasaki )
* **Exorcism Doesn't Work**
	+ Episode 70 *“Mononoke’s Breath”* (Starring: Mai Kitajima , Director: Ryuta Miyake)
	+ Episode 44 *“Exorcism doesn’t work/Bloodied armor”* (Starring: Minori Tachibana , Hiroshi Kobayashi , Director: Hirohisa Sasaki)
	+ Episode 74 *“Kenami”* (Starring: Misato Tsuji , Yurina Inoue , Director: Eiji Arakawa )
	+ Episode 51 *“Overtime 1”* (Starring: Maiko Ito , Kei Horie , Director: Shunichi Hirano )
	+ Episode 55 *“Overtime 2”* (Starring: Maiko Ito, Kei Horie, Director: Shunichi Hirano)
	+ Episode 66 *“Men in Black”* (Starring: Ryoma Ishizaka , Takuji Sakayose , Director: Keisuke Toyoshima)
	+ Episode 41 *“The House Called a Haunted Mansion”* (Starring: Maki Horikita , Director: Hirohisa Sasaki)
	+ Episode 49 *“Tell me”* (Starring: Yasue Sato , Hiroshi Sueyoshi , Director: Keisuke Toyoshima)

## Fourth Series

Broadcast in March 2005.

* **Three People Are Coming**
	+ Episode 53 *“Music Box”* (Cast: Mizuho Suzuki , Director: Keisuke Toyoshima )
	+ Episode 54 *“Snap Photo”* (Director: Kenji Murakami )
	+ Episode 76 *“The Woman Next Door”* (Cast: Daigo Fujisawa , Director: Kenji Murakami)
	+ Episode 59 *“Hairpin”* (Cast: Takashi Yamanaka , Director: Masaya Kakei )
	+ Episode 61 *“Greetings”* (Director: Akio Yoshida )
	+ Episode 67 *“Mai-chan’s Voice”* (Cast: Toru Kugasawa , Director: Hirono Yamada )
	+ Episode 52 *“Sleepy Head”* (Cast: Nana Eikura , Director: Akio Yoshida)
	+ Episode 73 *“Second Lap”* (Cast: Shuichiro Idemitsu , Director: Wataru Furuta )
	+ Episode 64 *“Hanging Down”* (Cast: Masahiro Toda , Director: Keisuke Toyoshima)
	+ Episode 62 *“Three people are coming”* (Director: Akio Yoshida)
* **Futari Bocchi (Just The Two of Us)**
	+ Episode 56 *“Ghost of Ohatsu Tenjin”* (Cast: Sei Hara , Director: Akio Yoshida)
	+ Episode 71 *“Visitor”* (Cast: Ayano Yamamoto , Director: Keisuke Toyoshima)
	+ Episode 57 *“Notice of Absence”* (Cast: Manami Ugami , Shiori Sato , Director: Masaya Kakei )
	+ Episode 46 *“I’m back*” (Cast: Yoshimasa Kondo , Shoko Nakahara , Director: Kenji Murakami)
	+ Episode 63 *“Last Train”* (Cast: Kazusa Matsuda , Director: Wataru Furuta )
	+ Episode 45 *“Promise”* (Cast: Ryota Matsushima , Akiko Hoshino , Director: Keisuke Toyoshima)
	+ Episode 65 *“Just the Two of Us”* (Cast: Yuki Nakajo , Director: Mari Asato )
	+ Episode 48 *“Unbroadcast”* (Cast: Tetsuya Chiba , Director: Yusuke Inoue )
	+ Episode 75 *“Animal Odor”* (Cast: Satoshi Yamanaka , Atsuko Rukawa , Director: Mari Asato)
	+ Episode 68 *“Blue Raincoat”* (Cast: Kohei Takeda , Director: Akio Yoshida)

## Fifth Series

The DVD was pre-released on July 5, 2006, and was broadcast late at night on Saturdays and Sundays for two weeks starting July 8.

It is an omnibus featuring each of the main characters of a family (father: Kyusaku Shimada , eldest daughter: Mari Hoshino , second daughter: Mirei Kiritani , and third daughter: Rina Koike ).

* **Final Night 1**
	+ Episode 90 *“President’s Office”* (Cast: Mari Hoshino, Director: Noboru Iguchi )
	+ Episode 87 *“No expression”* (Cast: Mirei Kiritani, Director: Kenji Murakami )
	+ Episode 94 *“Waterside Photo”* (Cast: Rina Koike , Director: Ryuta Miyake )
	+ Episode 92 *“To be continued”* (Cast: Kyusaku Shimada, Director: Hirohisa Sasaki )
	+ Episode 88 *“Odawara Lantern”* (Cast: Mari Hoshino, Director: Hirohisa Sasaki)
	+ Episode 89 *“Tesaguri”* (Cast: Mari Hoshino, Director: Hirohisa Sasaki)
	+ Episode 96 *“Supernatural Power”* (Cast: Rina Koike, Director: Kenji Murakami)
	+ Episode 86 *“Hesokuri”* (Cast: Kyusaku Shimada, Director: Noboru Iguchi)
	+ Episode 78 *“Anegata”* (Cast: Mirei Kiritani, Director: Akio Yoshida )
	+ Episode 99 *“Shower”* (Cast: Mari Hoshino, Director: Akio Yoshida)
* **Final Night 2**
	+ Episode 13 *“Bandage”* (Cast: Mari Hoshino, Director: Hirohisa Sasaki)
	+ Episode 93 *“Smell”* (Cast: Mirei Kiritani, Director: Noboru Iguchi)
	+ Episode 97 *“It’s tough”* (Cast: Rina Koike, Director: Noboru Iguchi)
	+ Episode 91 *“Smoking on the balcony”* (Cast: Kyusaku Shimada, Director: Akio Yoshida)
	+ Episode 95 *“I’m coming”* (Cast: Mari Hoshino, Director: Ryuta Miyake)
	+ Episode 98 *“Deer-san”* (Cast: Kyusaku Shimada, Director: Akio Yoshida)
	+ Episode 4 *“Same Wound”* (Cast: Rina Koike, Director: Kenji Murakami)
	+ Episode 85 *“Bomb”* (Cast: Mari Hoshino, Director: Kenji Murakami)
	+ Episode 79 *“Junior High School Classmate Part 1”* (Cast: Mirei Kiritani, Director: Ryuta Miyake)
	+ Episode 80 *“Junior High School Classmate Part 2”* (Cast: Mirei Kiritani, Director: Ryuta Miyake)

## Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Hyaku Monogatari

* Hyaku Monogatari
	+ Episode 101 *“Slippers”* (Cast: Nanami Sakuraba, Mary Matsuyama, Director: Akiko Oku, Screenplay: Akiko Oku)
	+ Episode 102 *“The reason why I was entrusted to the temple”* (Cast: Miyatake Matsuri, Miyatake Mio, Takatsuki Ayara, Director: Naito Eisuke , Screenplay: Naito Eisuke)
	+ Episode 103 *“The Things That Follow”* (Cast: Mary Matsuyama, Director: Makoto Shinozaki, Screenplay: Makoto Shinozaki)
	+ Episode 104 *“Beyond the Door”* (Cast: Nanami Sakuraba, Miyatakesai, Director: Makoto Shinozaki , Screenplay: Makoto Shinozaki)
	+ Episode 105 *“Red Paint”* (Cast: Mio Miyatake, Ayara Takatsuki, Director: Jun Tsuguta , Screenplay: Ayato Fujihira)
	+ Episode 106 *“Coming Home”* (Cast: Nanami Sakuraba, Director: Ryuta Miyake, Screenplay: Ryuta Miyake)
	+ Episode 107 *“Garden Tree”* (Cast: Ayara Takatsuki, Director: Hajime Ohata , Screenplay: Hajime Ohata)
	+ Episode 108 *"The Woman Next Door"* (Cast: Mary Matsuyama, Mio Miyatake, Director: Jun Tsuguta, Screenplay: Jun Tsuguta)
	+ Episode 109 *“Empty House”* (Cast: Mio Miyatake, Mary Matsuyama, Ayara Takatsuki, Director: Kayoko Asakura , Screenplay: Kayoko Asakura)
	+ Episode 110 *“Ichimatsu Doll”* (Cast: Ayara Takatsuki, Director: Ryuta Miyake, Screenplay: Ryuta Miyake)

## Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Ankoku

Each episode was broadcast with one new story and three returning stories, these returning stories being selected as the best from previous versions

1. **New Stories:**
	* Child in the Hospital
	* Room with Pigeons
	* Passenger
	* Kazuo
	* Doll Village 1
	* Doll Village 2
	* Doll Village 3
	* Doll Village 4
2. **Episodes**
	1. Child in the Hospital/Junior High Classmate 1/Junior High Classmate 2/A House Called a Haunted Mansion
	2. Room with Pigeons/Examination Room #3 - Part One/Examination Room #3 - Part Two/The Lover
	3. Passenger/Shadow Sitting Straight/Woman Next Door/Kengo Nishioka
	4. Kazuo/Music Box/The Garden/Casette Tape
	5. Doll Village 1/President's Office/Interrogation/Getting Closer
	6. Doll Village 2/Elevator/Enlightenment/Handprints
	7. Doll Village 3/Visitor/Just the Two of Us/Red Tricycle
	8. Doll Village 4/Expressionless/Waterside Photos/Bride

## Movies

### 2004 Movie

* Night Watchman
* Wisps of Smoke
* Gloves
* Heavy!
* Full Length Mirror
* Line of Sight
* The Promise

### Haunted Apartment

Story: The main character, Aimi, a high school girl, and her father, a struggling freelance writer, move into an old apartment with low rent . Aimi feels an uneasy and frightening atmosphere there.
### Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Nobuhiro-San

Story: Etsuko, who works at a design company, visits the atelier of painter Nobuhiro. Although Etsuko was embarrassed by Nobuhiro, who affectionately calls her "Ecchan" despite meeting her for the first time, she accepts his request to be a model for a painting, and from then on, Etsuko works with him every day. However, Etsuko's only daughter, Ayaka, shows an abnormal fear of Nobuhiro.

### Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro Igyô

Contains four stories:

* Osayo
* Red Person
* Room Change
* Japanese Doll