J-Horror Theater


J-Horror Theater is an anthology of 6 Japanese horror films produced by Takashige Ichise. Spurred by the overwhelming success of Ringu リング'', 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.

Films

Infection (2004)

Infection, Dir. Masayuki Ochiai
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.

Premonition (2004)

Premonition Dir. Norio Tsuruta
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.

Reincarnation (2006)

Reincarnation Dir. Takashi Shimizu
Official Japanese release date: 7 January 2006. Originally screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2005. 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 in 2006.

Retribution (2007)

Retribution Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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 Dir. Hideo Nakata
Original Japanese release date: 4 August 2007. Was not officially released as a J-Horror Theater entry.

Kyōfu (2010)

Kyōfu also known as The Sylvian Experiments Dir. Hiroshi Takahashi
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.
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.