Cursed Local Urban Legends: Hokkaido & Tohoku Edition

First installment in a series about local Japanese urban legends. This installment includes 'Turbo-Granny', 'Gomiko-san' and 'Mom Comes at Night'.

Cast

Yukihiro Takekawa

as Makoto (Turbo-Granny)

Masato Shibasaki

as Saiho (Turbo-Granny)

Misa Sakura

as Shiho (Turbo-Granny)

Satoshi Minai

as Bandaged Man (Turbo-Granny)

Mayumi Okawa

as Old Woman (Turbo-Granny)

Shinji Sakura

as Yousuke (Gomiko-San)

Mari Higashi

as Rena (Gomiko-San)

Kouji Saitou

as Mr. S (Gomiko-San)

Shiraki Hinako

as Gomiko-san (Gomiko-San) / Sachiko (Mom Comes at Night)

Mami Yamashita

as Nanami (Mom Comes at Night)

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