First is its unique combination of period swordplay — a genre known in Japanese as chanbara — and folklore-inspired ... as a TV documentary deemed "too scary" for broadcast, about a paranormal ...

And many of those original films have a basis in traditional Japanese folklore. Sadako from Ringu ... water’s power enough to be effectively scary. The movie ends up feeling a hodgepodge ...

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If Jorōgumo is the killer, then it is a Yokai part of Japanese folklore. Per folklore, Jorōgumo is a brutal, deadly, and beautiful spider-woman that preys on handsome young men. This could mean ...

On the way you'll encounter all sorts of yōkai - ghosts from Japanese folklore - that from my experience don't go down without a fight. Usually, I'd say Halloween should be strictly reserved for ...

Japanese children enjoy kaidan (scary stories) with a school setting ... or art were not that common. “In folklore studies, the toilet is seen as a boundary space between this world and the ...

Herons have been used to symbolize purity, transition, and a connection to the spirit world in centuries of Japanese folklore. In Studio Ghibli’s new film The Boy and the Heron, a mysterious ...