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“Three classic Japanese horror tales: vengeful ghost, forbidden goddess love, and a cat monster's vendetta.”
Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales
怪～ayakashi～ Japanese Classic Horror
7.37
2,696 rank · 86,126 viewers · 314 favorites
Horror
Mystery
Supernatural
Suspense
Adult Cast
Historical
Mythology
Psychological
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Synopsis
Three classic Japanese horror tales: vengeful ghost, forbidden goddess love, and a cat monster's vendetta.
A collection of three classic Japanese horror stories: "Yotsuya Kaidan", the story of a wife betrayed by her husband who seeks vengeance even in death. "Tenshu Monogatari", the story of forbidden love between a goddess and a human, and "Bakeneko", the story of a mysterious cat monster with a vendetta against a certain family.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 33 sampled reviews
7.2
/10
What 33 viewers settled on.
96%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.21
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.21 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.7 pts
Recommenders 7.7 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↑ 0.15
Running avg · Jul 2009 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “The first two arcs are okayish... They weren't very horror, so the sole redeeming factor would be the Bakeneko arc. If I could review it on solely that, I'd give it a perfect 10. But the other two...”
- 7 “this series was done exceptionally well needless to say, with theme being mysterious as a primary to the whole show, the secondaries would have to be a little bit of love but a lot of cause and...”
- 9 “This was enjoyable to watch if you're into old-style (like, Edo-period) anime. The music was gorgeous and I really love the clothing and hairstyles. But due to that, it's not everyone's cup of tea....”
Verbosity
Short · 18%
Medium · 45%
Long · 36%
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- Format 11 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 13m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2006 – Mar 2006 Winter 2006
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-0550 catalog
Produced by
- Dentsu Producer
- SKY Perfect Well Think Producer
- Fuji TV Producer
- Asmik Ace Producer
- Sony Music Entertainment Producer
Licensed by
- Discotek Media Licensor
- Geneon Entertainment USA Licensor