Tales of the Unusual (2000)
- Original title
- 世にも奇妙な物語 映画の特集編
- Directed by
- Masayuki Ochiai
- Genre
- horror film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 2h 06m
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This Japanese film tells four separate stories, each with its own genre. One is a horror tale set during a snowy night, one is a comedic drama about a samurai with a cellphone, one is a thriller involving a chess game, and the last is a romantic drama about a marriage simulator.
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What happens
Tales of the Unusual (Japanese: 世にも奇妙な物語 - 映画の特別編, Hepburn: Yonimokimyōna Monogatari - Eiga no Tokubetsuhen) is a 2000 Japanese horror anthology film directed by Mamoru Hoshi, Masayuki Ochiai, Hisao Ogura and Masayuki Suzuki. Each story is of a different genre - "One Snowy Night" (horror), "Samurai Cellular" (comedy-drama), "Chess" (thriller) and "The Marriage Simulator" (romance-drama). It is the special film version of the long-running TV drama series of the same name (世にも奇妙な物語). The TV series “Tales of the Unusual ’21 Summer Special” features the episode “Dead in 15 Seconds” (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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