Disney+ is bringing together some of Japan’s most celebrated genre filmmakers for Night Tales Club, a six-part supernatural mystery anthology […]
Disney+ is bringing together some of Japan’s most celebrated genre filmmakers for Night Tales Club, a six-part supernatural mystery anthology series starring Takayuki Yamada and set to premiere in January 2027, reports THR
The streamer unveiled the project Wednesday, along with first-look images and a teaser trailer. The series adapts six stories from a collection by acclaimed Japanese horror writer Ichi Sawamura, with each episode directed by a different filmmaker.
The lineup includes genre master Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Pulse, Creepy), Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on: The Grudge, The Grudge), Shinzo Katayama (Gannibal), Yukiko Sode (All the Lovers in the Night), Yuichiro Sakashita (I Can’t Cry With Your Face) and Yosuke Nakamura (Higuma!!).
Yamada, best known internationally for starring in Netflix’s The Naked Director, plays Hojo, a wealthy entrepreneur obsessed with unexplained phenomena. Convinced that ghost stories, monsters, curses and other supernatural anomalies are “bugs” pointing toward a deeper conspiracy, Hojo establishes the titular “Night Tales Club,” inviting people who have encountered the inexplicable to share their experiences and evidence in exchange for 20 million yen (roughly $130,000) in gold.
Each of the six episodes follows a different account of the supernatural, as Hojo attempts to uncover the truth behind the strange occurrences. , whose visual direction credits include and , directs the framing sequences featuring Yamada.
Kenji Nakajima
The Naked Director
Tokyo Swindlers
Night Tales Club is produced by Yusuke Wakabayashi and Teruhisa Yamamoto. Sawamura wrote the scripts for each episode based on his original collection of stories.
