Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of five short horror films that are directed by five notable Japanese film directors, which are told by a mysterious old lady in kimono on a late-night bus traveling on a long isolated mountain road.
| Directing | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Director |
| Directing | Masayuki Ochiai | Director |
| Directing | Takashi Shimizu | Director |
| Directing | Koji Shiraishi | Director |
| Directing | Norio Tsuruta | Director |
| Writing | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Teleplay |
| Writing | Masayuki Ochiai | Teleplay |
| Writing | Takashi Shimizu | Teleplay |
| Writing | Koji Shiraishi | Teleplay |
| Writing | Katsuhide Suzuki | Teleplay |
| Writing | Naoya Takayama | Teleplay |
| Writing | Naoyuki Yokota | Teleplay |
| Writing | Toshiya Ohno | Teleplay |
