The best Akira Tani’s horror movies

Akira Tani

Akira Tani

We present our ranking of the best Akira Tani’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Akira Tani.

Kwaidan

Kwaidan
7.9/10
  • Genre: DramaFantasyHorror
  • Release: 29/12/1964
  • Character: Huntsman #2 (segment "Miminashi Hôichi no hanashi") (uncredited)
Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

Half Human

Half Human
5.5/10
A yeti terrorizes people on top of Mount Fuji.

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman

Half Human: The Story of the Abominable Snowman
3.8/10
An American scientist tells two colleagues about the finding of an abominable snowman living in the Japanese alps, where it is worshipped by a remote tribe as a god, and how it was discovered by modern man after it raided a ski-ers' shelter following an avalanche, killing all inside. This is an adaptation of the Japanese film Ju Jin Yuki Otoko with added American-made footage, narration and music track.

The Living Koheiji

The Living Koheiji
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 04/08/1957
  • Character: Innkeeper
The actor Koheiji is terribly in love with the wife of his best friend, the playwright Takuro; to get her, he would even kill Takuro.

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