HOBONICHI’S GHOST STORIES
- Original Title
- Hobonichi no Kaidan (ほぼ日の怪談。)
- Production Year
- 2020
- Release Date
- August 2020 (VOD Distribution)
- Running Time
- #1: 13mins. / #2: 11mins. / #3: 13mins, / #4: 12mins. / #5: 11mins. / #6: 14mins. / #7: 12mins. / #8: 13mins. / #9: 13mins. / #10: 13mins. / #11: 13mins. / #12: 13mins.
- Genre
- Drama / Horror
- Color
- Color
- Director
- #1: Masashi YAMADA 山田雅史 / #2, 3, 5, 11&12: Jiro NAGAE 永江二 / #4&7: Shinpei YAMAZAKI 山嵜晋平 / #8&10: Yasutake TORII 鳥居康剛 / #9: Wataru HIRANAMI 平波亘
- Cast
- #1: Saki SHIMIZU 清水佐紀
#2: Maasa SUDO 須藤茉麻, Rina KOIKE小池里奈
#3: Momona KASAHARA 笠原桃奈, RUKOるうこ
#4: Soki NAKAJIMA中島早貴, Koki KIMIJIMA君島光輝, Hitomi TACHIBANA橘ひと美, Naho YAMADA山田奈保
#5: Suzuran ISE伊勢鈴蘭, Kennnosuke MATSUOKA松岡拳紀介, Ruo TAKAHASHI高橋璃央
#6: Mai OZEKI小関舞, Fuyuna ASAKURA朝倉ふゆな
#7: Maasa SUDO須藤茉麻, Takumi SATO佐藤匠, Toshiyuki SOMEYA染谷俊之
#8: Aina HASHIMOTO橋本愛奈
#9: Shiori NISHIDA西田汐里, Sayaka TOMARU都丸紗也華, Sawa MASAKI正木佐和
#10: Saki NAKAJIMA中島早貴, Kasumi TAKAHASHI高橋かすみ
#11: Kurumi TAKASE高瀬くるみ
#12: Saki SHIMIZU 清水佐紀, Aki MORITA森田亜紀
It can't be happening to me...
- Introduction
- Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun by Itoi Shigesato is one of the most popular websites in Japan. Hobonichi's ghost stories is a beloved serialization which is on the website for 15 years since 2004. This is a long-running serialization which only runs in the summer, collecting "A horror experience I had" or " A horror experience I heard from the person who had it" by their readers. The stories were even published in paperback in 2018 and this time, it has been shaped into a drama..
- Synopsis
- #1: The small single room
A woman who is on a business trip stays at an old muggy hotel room. But this room has a history of a horrific event...
#2: The person you mustn't see
A woman notices that her weight has increased 3kg after taking a bath. Suddenly, she feels a presence of something and looks at a mirror and there she sees...
#3: The laughing woman
A girl has just moved in with her sister. There, every night, she hears a woman laughing from next door. Who is this mystery woman?
#4: The unknown friend
Four girls are having a great time chatting away as always. But in the group, there is one girl that nobody actually knows...
#5: The wish that was never fulfilled
The school festival is just around the corner. One day after school, when everything is quiet, a friend who is supposed to be hospitalized shows up. He has something he would like to say.
#6: Sniffing a book
A girl visits her friend's villa and finds an old book. A weird rotten smell fills the room where she found it...
#7: The answer that returned to mind
Three old friends reunite at their old school which is set to be demolished. Like the good old days, they take out a talking board game...
#8: The small pink notebook
A girls visits her old house and finds a notebook. Her dad's hidden past is revealed and her forgotten memories come gushing back.
#9: Where did you go?
The girl's brand new life with her mom and sister has begun but weird noises disturb them. They are not alone in the house...
#10: Driiiiiing!
A female welfare officer visits an old woman's house. A very old phone sounds in the house, but she is the only one who can hear it.
#11: The friend in the rain
One evening, it is raining heavily. The door bell rings. A friend, who had no plans of coming is standing there, drenched.
#12: The doll in my hand
A woman visits the room of her young relative who passed away eight years ago. There, she finds a peculiar forgotten doll...