Disney+ in Japan has unveiled the first teaser for the upcoming supernatural seriesNight Tales Club, and the anthology has assembled an impressivefilmmakerlineupfilled withJ-horror greats.
The teaser introduces Hojo, a businessman whose obsession with the unknown leads him to solve strange mysteries. Deadline reports that the six-part series will debut inJanuary 2027.
Based on a short horror story collectionfromIchi Sawamura,Night Tales Clubwill followHojo as he introduces eachdifferentmysterious story.“He is convinced that ghost stories, monsters, and other supernatural anomalies are‘bugs‘in an underlying conspiracy, so he begins inviting people to share their experiences and evidence at his Night Tales Club in exchange for 20 million yen.“
Takayuki Yamadahas been cast as theseries’narrator, Hojo.
Even more impressive are the directors attached to this project:Kiyoshi Kurosawa(Chime,Pulse),Takashi Shimizu(Ju-On),Shinzo Katayama(Gannibal),Yukiko Sode(Aristocrats),Yuichiro Sakashita(ICan’tCry With Your Face) andYosuke Nakamura(Higuma!!), withKenji Nakajima(The Naked Director) directing the wraparound Hojo sequences.
Yusuke Wakabayashi and Teruhisa Yamamoto produced andadapted for the screen bythe original writer, Ichi Sawamura, who told Deadline:“As the original author of these stories, I feel an enormous sense of surprise and joy that they will soon be available on screen to scare audiences around the world.”
Watch the brief teaser below that introduces Hojo and the series title treatment.We’llhave to wait for a full trailer toget aglimpseatthe stories helmed by J-horror giants like Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Takashi Shimizu.
Look for the horror anthology series early next year.
