With the success of the Japanese film Ring (aka Ringu), a group of six directors were asked by producer Takashige Ichise to create a film, each to be released under the umbrella of J-Horror Theater.
- Infection (aka Kansen) by Masayuki Ochiai released: 2 October 2004. (Officially released in theatres and on DVD as part of J-Horror Theater)
- Premonition (aka Yogen) by Tsuruta Norio released: 2 October 2004. (Officially released in theatres and on DVD as part of J-Horror Theater)
- Reincarnation (aka Rinne) by Takashi Shimizu released: 7 January 2006. (Officially released in Japanese theatres as part of J-Horror Theater, on DVD and in US theaters as part of the Horrorfest 8 films to Die For 2006 series)
- Retribution (aka Sakebi) by Kiyoshi Kurosawa released: 24 February 2007. (Not officially released as a J-Horror Theater entry.)
- Kaidan by Hideo Nakata Released: 4 August 2007 (Not officially released as a J-Horror Theater entry.)
- Kyôfu (aka The Sylvian Experiments) by Hiroshi Takahashi Released: 10 July 2010. Final film made by the original duo responsible for the film that started it all, Ringu, Director Hiroshi Takahashi and Producer Takashige Ichise. Officially part of the J-Horror Theater series. Official Kyôfu trailer also indicates 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.
Kyôfu marks the end of the 6 films making up the J-Horror Theater.
Famous quotes containing the word theater:
“All I can tell you with certainty is that I, for one, have no self, and that I am unwilling or unable to perpetrate upon myself the joke of a self.... What I have instead is a variety of impersonations I can do, and not only of myself—a troupe of players that I have internalised, a permanent company of actors that I can call upon when a self is required.... I am a theater and nothing more than a theater.”
—Philip Roth (b. 1933)