J-Horror Theater (, J horàshiatÃÂ) (2004âÂÂ2010) is an anthology of 6 Japanese horror films produced by Takashige Ichise (, ichise takashige). Spurred by the overwhelming success of Ringu ãªã³ã° (1998), six filmmakers â Masayuki Ochiai è½åÂÂæ£幸, Norio Tsuruta 鶴ç° æ³Âç·, Takashi Shimizu 渠水 å´Â, Kiyoshi Kurosawa é»Âæ²¢ æ¸Â, Hideo Nakata ä¸Âç° ç§Â夫, Hiroshi Takahashi â were requested to create a horror film to be released under Ichise's J-Horror Theater anthology.
Infection (æÂÂæÂÂ, kansen), Dir. Masayuki Ochiai (è½åÂÂæ£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.
Premonition (äºÂè¨Â, yogen) Dir. Norio Tsuruta (鶴ç° æ³Âç·, 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.
Reincarnation (輪廻, rin'ne) Dir. Takashi Shimizu ( 渠水 å´Â, shimizu takashi)
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 (also known as 8 films to Die For) in 2006.
Retribution (å«, sakebi) Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa (é»Âæ²¢ 渠, 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 (æªè«Â, kaidan) Dir. Hideo Nakata (ä¸Âç° ç§Â夫, nakata hideo)
Original Japanese release date: 4 August 2007. Was not officially released as a J-Horror Theater entry.
Kyà Âfu (æÂÂæÂÂ, kyà Âfu) 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.
The official Kyà Âfu 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, 2004âÂÂ2007, followed by the Kyôfu preview.