---
title: 'Tales of the Unusual (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Masayuki Ochiai'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tales-of-the-unusual-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293984/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tales of the Unusual (2000)

2000 · 126 min · Horror · Japan

Original title: 世にも奇妙な物語 映画の特別編

## Synopsis

Tales of the Unusual  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).

## Credits

- **Director:** [Masayuki Ochiai](https://cinepixo.com/people/masayuki-ochiai)
- **Screenplay:** [Kōki Mitani](https://cinepixo.com/people/koki-mitani)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Toshihiko Sahashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshihiko-sahashi)

## Cast

- [Yukiko Okamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/yukiko-okamoto)
- [Keiko Toda](https://cinepixo.com/people/keiko-toda)
- [Renji Ishibashi](https://cinepixo.com/people/renji-ishibashi)
- [Ren Ōsugi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ren-osugi)
- [Shinji Takeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/shinji-takeda)
- [Izumi Inamori](https://cinepixo.com/people/izumi-inamori)
- [Kiichi Nakai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiichi-nakai)
- [Akiko Yada](https://cinepixo.com/people/akiko-yada)
- [Norito Yashima](https://cinepixo.com/people/norito-yashima)
- [Kazuma Suzuki](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuma-suzuki)
- [Saya Takagi](https://cinepixo.com/people/saya-takagi)
- [Megumi Okina](https://cinepixo.com/people/megumi-okina)
- [Kazuyuki Aijima](https://cinepixo.com/people/kazuyuki-aijima)

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