J-Horror Theater
{{Short description|2004–2010 is an anthology of 6 Japanese horror films}}
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J-Horror Theater (Jホラーシアター, J horā shiatā) (2004–2010) is an anthology of 6 Japanese horror films produced by Takashige Ichise (一瀬 隆重, ichise takashige). Spurred by the overwhelming success of Ringu リング (1998), six filmmakers – Masayuki Ochiai 落合正幸, Norio Tsuruta 鶴田 法男, Takashi Shimizu 清水 崇, Kiyoshi Kurosawa 黒沢 清, Hideo Nakata 中田 秀夫, Hiroshi Takahashi 高橋 洋 – were requested to create a horror film to be released under Ichise's J-Horror Theater anthology.{{Cite journal|last=Gardner|first=Chris|date=17 May 2004|title=Lions Gate lines up 'J-Horror'|journal=The Hollywood Reporter|volume=383|pages=13|via=Nexis Uni}}
Films
= Infection (2004) =
Infection (感染, kansen), Dir. Masayuki Ochiai (落合正幸, ochiai masayuki)
Original Japanese release date: 2 October 2004. Officially released in theaters as a double feature with Premonition and on DVD as part of the J-Horror Theater series.{{Cite web|title=感染／予言－映画・映像｜東宝WEBSITE|url=https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/kansen-yogen/welcome-j.html|access-date=9 February 2021|website=Toho CO., LTD|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704015956/https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/kansen-yogen/welcome-j.html|url-status=dead}}
= Premonition (2004) =
Premonition (予言, yogen) Dir. Norio Tsuruta (鶴田 法男, tsuruta norio)
Original Japanese release date: 2 October 2004. Officially released in theaters as a double feature with Infection and on DVD as part of the J-Horror Theater series.{{Cite web|title=感染／予言－映画・映像｜東宝WEBSITE|url=https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/kansen-yogen/welcome-j.html|access-date=9 February 2021|website=Toho CO., LTD|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704015956/https://www.toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/kansen-yogen/welcome-j.html|url-status=dead}}
= Reincarnation (2006) =
Reincarnation (輪廻, rin'ne) Dir. Takashi Shimizu ( 清水 崇, shimizu takashi)
Official Japanese release date: 7 January 2006. Originally screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2005.{{Cite journal|last=Edwards|first=Russell|date=28 November 2005|title=Film Reviews: Tokyo: "Reincarnation"|journal=Variety|volume=401|pages=59|via=Factiva}} Officially released in Japanese theaters as part of the J-Horror Theater series. It was then released on DVD and in US theaters as part of the After Dark Horrorfest (also known as 8 films to Die For) in 2006.{{Cite web|last=Burnett|first=Daynah|date=26 November 2006|title=Too Disturbing: After Dark Horrorfest, 17-19 November 2006|url=https://www.popmatters.com/too-disturbing-after-dark-horrorfest-17-19-november-2006-2495751893.html|access-date=9 February 2021|website=Pop Matters}}
= Retribution (2007) =
Retribution (叫, sakebi) Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa (黒沢 清, kurosawa kiyoshi)
Official Japanese release date: 24 February 2007, Originally screened at the Venice Film Festival in September 2006. Was not officially released as a J-Horror Theater entry.
= Kaidan (2007) =
Kaidan (怪談, kaidan) Dir. Hideo Nakata (中田 秀夫, nakata hideo)
Original Japanese release date: 4 August 2007. Was not officially released as a J-Horror Theater entry.
= Kyōfu (2010) =
Kyōfu (恐怖, kyōfu) also known as The Sylvian Experiments Dir. Hiroshi Takahashi (高橋 洋, takahashi hiroshi)
Original Japanese release date: 10 July 2010. Officially released as part of the J-Horror Theater series and is the final film instalment. It holds significance as the film is directed and produced by the pair responsible for Ringu that began the J-Horror Theater anthology.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bNrPjRrFkI The official Kyōfu trailer] also suggests that Kaidan and Sakebi were part of the series, as at the beginning it shows clips from all 5 films with their release dates, 2004–2007, followed by the Kyôfu preview. no