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October 22nd – 25th, 2024
6:30pm Start Time, Doors open at 6pm
Movies will start promptly at 6:30pm
Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens
$25 Adults, $15 Students and local residents / $5 off for Members
As part of the annual Yokai Week program, which celebrates supernatural creatures and spirits from Japanese folklore, JASGP will be presenting a series of four Japanese Horror films. Screenings are offered with limited seating inside of Shofuso Japanese House & Garden, adding to the atmospheric horror experience. The selection of films features two classics from the postwar period of horror cinema, and two more recent films from the more recent J-Horror genre – all by accomplished directors whose works capture the Japanese society’s fears in their respective generations. All films presented in Japanese with English subtitles.
Yokai Movies
We are excited to show some of Japan’s most famous horror movies, new and old, during Yokai week. The movies will range from scary Japanese folk tales to modern Japanese horror and monster movies. All films are PG-13 or R Rated, so children under 13 are not permitted. Purchase tickets and find out more about each movie night below!
Yokai Movie Week Schedule and Tickets
Tuesday, October 22 | 7PM
Kwaidan
Japan, 1965
Directed by Masaki Kobayashi
Approx. 183 min.
One of the first horror films in postwar Japanese cinema, this
anthology film contains four distinct, standalone stories. Featuring
colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these
haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials,
adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn’s collections of Japanese
folklore, are existentially frightening and meticulously crafted.
Wednesday, October 23 | 7PM
Kuroneko
Japan, 1968
Directed by Kaneto Shindo
Approx. 99 min.
In this poetic and atmospheric horror fable, set in a village in war-
torn medieval Japan, a malevolent spirit has been ripping out the
throats of itinerant samurai. When a military hero is sent to dispatch
the unseen force, he finds that he must struggle with his own
personal demons as well. From Kaneto Shindo, director of the terror
classic Onibaba – Kuroneko (Black Cat) is a spectacularly eerie twilight
tale with a shocking feminist angle, evoked through ghostly special
effects and exquisite cinematography.
Thursday, October 24 | 7PM
Kairo (Pulse)
Japan, 2001
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Approx. 119 min.
An apparent suicide in Tokyo triggers a chain of
mysterious disappearances involving computers in
writer-director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's creepy techno-
thriller. After one of their friends commits suicide,
strange things begin happening to a group of young
Tokyo residents. One sees visions of his dead friend in
the shadows on the wall, while another's computer
keeps showing strange, ghostly images. Is their friend
trying to contact them from beyond the grave, or is
there something much more sinister going on?
Friday, October 25 | 7PM
Ju-on: The Grudge
Japan, 2002
Directed by Takashi Shimizu
Approx. 92 min.
A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues
anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
When a volunteer social worker Rika Nishina is
assigned to visit the family who currently lives in the
cursed house, she begins being stalked by two vengeful
spirits – Kayako, a woman who was brutally murdered
by her husband, and their son Toshio. Each person that
lives in or visits the haunted house has been murdered
or disappeared. Can Rika survive?
Sponsor
Concessions will be provided by Maido! Japanese Grocers. For preservation concerns, no outside food or drink will be permitted. Costumes are encouraged!
Cancellation Policy: Any Tickets Cancelled within 7 days of the event will not receive a refund.
