World Apartment Horror

{{Infobox film

| name = World Apartment Horror

| image = File:World Apartment Horror (1991) poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Japanese promotional release poster

| director = Katsuhiro Otomo

| producer = {{plainlist|

• Yoshihiro Kato
• Yasuhisa Kazama }}

| story = Satoshi Kon

| screenplay = {{plainlist|

• Katsuhiro Otomo
• Keiko Nobumoto}}

| starring = Hiroki Tanaka

| music =

| cinematography = Noboru Shinoda

| editing =

| studio = {{plainlist|

• General Entertainment Co. Ltd.
• Sony Music Entertainment }}

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|df=y|1991|4|5}}

| runtime = 97 minutes

| country = Japan

| language = Japanese

}}

{{nihongo|World Apartment Horror|ワールド・アパートメント・ホラー|Wārudo apātomento horā}} is a 1991 Japanese comedy horror film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, with a screenplay by Otomo and Keiko Nobumoto from a story by Satoshi Kon.Gerow, Aaron. "Recognizing 'Others' in a New Japanese Cinema." January 2002. Japan Foundation Newsletter, The. [http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/publish/periodic/jfn/pdf/jfn29_2.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051853/http://www.jpf.go.jp/j/publish/periodic/jfn/pdf/jfn29_2.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }} The film stars Sabu (credited as Hiroki Tanaka) as a yakuza henchman who encounters the language barrier and evil spirits in his attempts to evict a Tokyo apartment full of foreigners.

Sabu received the Best New Actor Award at the Yokohama Film Festival in 1992.{{cite book |last=Osmond |author-link=Andrew Osmond (journalist) |first=Andrew |date=September 30, 2009 |title=Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist |url=http://www.stonebridge.com/shopexd.asp?id=155 |location=Berkeley, California |publisher=Stonebridge Press |pages=17, 60|isbn=978-1933330747 |access-date=February 27, 2014 }}{{cite web|title=2008 Projects|url=http://apm.asianfilmmarket.org/eng/database/view_ppp_history.asp?order_year=2008&idx=296&no=1|year=2008|website=Asian Project Market|publisher=Busan International Film Festival|access-date=February 27, 2014|archive-date=March 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303095947/http://apm.asianfilmmarket.org/eng/database/view_ppp_history.asp?order_year=2008&idx=296&no=1|url-status=dead}} A manga adaptation by Kon was published by Kodansha, under the same title, on August 1, 1991.{{cite book|last=Kon|first=Satoshi|title=今敏アニメ全仕事|trans-title=Kon Satoshi Animation All of the Works|language=Japanese|date=June 16, 2011|url=http://www2.gbnet.co.jp/cgi-bin/system/books/2011/05/%E4%BB%8A%E6%95%8F%E3%80%80%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E5%85%A8%E4%BB%95%E4%BA%8B.html|publisher=G.B.|location=Tokyo|page=73|isbn=978-4901841948|access-date=February 27, 2014|archive-date=December 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207000106/http://www2.gbnet.co.jp/cgi-bin/system/books/2011/05/%E4%BB%8A%E6%95%8F%E3%80%80%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A1%E5%85%A8%E4%BB%95%E4%BA%8B.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|last=Kon|first=Satoshi|title=ワールド・アパートメントホラー|trans-title=World Apartment Horror|language=Japanese|date=August 1, 1991|url=http://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product/top.php/1234604360|publisher=Kodansha|isbn=978-4-06-313241-0|access-date=February 27, 2014}}