Based On The Popular Short Horror Story Collection By Ichi Sawamura, The Six-Part Series Stars Takayuki Yamada As The Stories’ Famed Storyteller
PHILIPPINES (October 21, 2026) — When a successful businessman obsessed with the inexplicable turns his attention to solving life’s biggest mystery, all manner of bizarre horrors will unfold in Night Tales Club a new Japanese thriller coming January 2027 exclusively to Disney+ Philippines.
Based on the collection of short horror stories by Ichi Sawamura, Night Tales Club is a six-part series with each episode telling a different mysterious short story shared by Hojo, a man obsessed with the supernatural. Convinced that ghost stories, monsters, curses and all other supernatural anomalies are “bugs” that point to an underlying conspiracy, Hojo invites anyone who’s experienced a supernatural phenomenon to attend his Night Tales Club to share their tale and evidence for 20 million yen in gold. With six stories of the unexplained lined up, will Hojo finally uncover the truth behind the horrors he’s looking for?
Starring Takayuki Yamada as Hojo the storyteller, each episode of Night Tales Club will be directed by a different director, including: Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure, Wife of a Spy), Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on, The Inugami Family), Shinzo Katayama (Gannibal, The Human Vapor), Yukiko Sode (Aristocrats, All the Lovers in the Night), Yuichiro Sakashita (I Can’t Cry With Your Face, Blonde), Yosuke Nakamura (Higuma!!, Poison Girl), with Kenji Nakajim (The Naked Director, Tokyo Swindlers) directing the Hojo sequences. The series is produced by Yusuke Wakabayashi and Teruhisa Yamamoto and adapted for the screen by original writer Ichi Sawamura.
Speaking on the recent announcement, Sawamura said: “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!”
Night Tales Club is the latest Japanese series to be announced as part of the ever-expanding library of must-watch content now available on Disney+. Fans of dramatic Japanese storytelling can sign up to Disney+ today to enjoy immediate access to Gannibal about a police officer who discovers a horrifying secret in his sleepy rural village, andLand of Tanabata, about a university student with a seemingly useless ability who investigates a murder;as well as other lighthearted series including cross-cultural romcom Merry Berry Love and comedic variety show The One Shot.
Stay tuned for more information about Night Tales Club coming January 2027 exclusively to Disney+.
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