dark tale of japan be a collection of make for tv j horror story and shot by popular japanese director . the result be a twilight zone style anthology that aim to please those who can not get enough of japanese ghost film and but unfortunately it fail due to rather cheap production value and poor effect and a lack of genuine scare . in would you like to hear a scary tale . ( direct by yoshihiro nakamura ) and which act a a wraparound story for the whole anthology and a creepy old lady board a late night bus and proceeds to tell a scary story to the driver ( despite his not be too keen on hear one ) . she obviously a ghost and but isn not the slight bit frighten . the spiderwoman ( also by nakamura ) and follow a couple of magazine reporter who be write an article on a mysterious monster that have be repeatedly sight in the town of ibaraki . the intrepid investigator track down the creature . and soon wish that they hadn not . a couple of creepy moment and some rather fun dodgy cgi make this tale just about watchable . next up be crevice ( direct by norio ring 0 tsuruta ) and in which a young man find out exactly why a miss friend have plaster his apartment with red tape represent it to keep out the creature that lurk in the crevice . lot of creepy atmosphere make this the best of the bunch . the sacrifice ( direct by koji shiraishi ) be the title of the third story and and although lacking in scare and it be make watchable by the presence of the gorgeous yû yamada who star a a young woman curse by a creepy workmate and but who be ultimately save by her mother ( who sacrifice herself to a giant disembody head with strange eye . ) . blonde kwaidan and the low point of the whole film ( despite be direct by perhaps the most well know of those involvedtakashi the grudge shimizu ) and be a ( mercifully ) short story which feature a japanese businessman in hollywood and who come face to face with a blonde ghost . yawn . before the film be round off with another cary story from the ghostly bus lady see at the beginning of the film and masayuki ochiai ( director of the upcoming shutter remake ) deliver the fairly enjoyable presentiment and in which a trio of ghost scare the hell out of a poor man trap in a lift .