← Japanology Plus · Season 2

Haunted Houses

S2 · E25 · 17 Sep 2015 · 28 min

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It's Japan's timeless summer thrill...haunted houses! There are dozens of haunted-house attractions around Japan, many of them at theme parks. These creepy experiences are popular with people seeking to beat the scorching heat with spine-chilling fear, and they offer a distinctive style of fright. Our expert guest this time is Hirofumi Gomi, who has been the brains behind roughly 50 haunted houses in Japan. And in Plus One, eerie ghost art of centuries past.

Directing

Hiroshi Takagi · Director

Writing

Adam Fulford · Script Consultant

Naoko Tomita · Script Consultant

Production

Aya Umeda · Producer

Ken Kumata · Executive Producer

Mika Kanaya · Executive Producer

Camera

Satoshi Hasegawa · Camera Operator

Editing

Jun Afuso · Editor

Sound

Miwa Yokomizo · Music Supervisor

Yasuhiro Arihara · Sound Engineer

Guest Stars (3)

Emma Howard as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hirofumi Gomi as Self - Expert

Shoshu Hirai as Self - Expert