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Japan

Japan has its own long tradition of found footage and "real" ghost video collections. Includes Noroi: The Curse, Occult, Cult and Shirome, the Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! films and all 25 volumes of Tokyo Videos of Horror.

162 films

Actually Happened! Most Terrifying Psychic Phenomena. Psychic Research Team Report. Relived.2004
Banned from Broadcast: The Movie - Saiko! The Large Family2009
Big Man Japan2007
Bloat2025
The Blooming2016
Celluloid Nightmares1999
Chô Akunin2011
Cult2013
Curse [Noroie] House2017
Cursed Violent People2010
Focus1996
fuji_jukai.mov2016
GAMALAND2026
Ghost Storyteller2014
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 11999
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 21999
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 31999
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 42000
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 52000
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 62000
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 72001
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 82001
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 92002
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 102002
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 112003
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 122004
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 132004
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 142004
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 152005
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 162005
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 172005
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 182005
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 192006
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 202006
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 212006
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 222006
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 232007
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 242007
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 252007
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 262007
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 272008
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 282008
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 292008
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 302008
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 312009
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 322009
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 332009
Honto ni Atta! Noroi no Video 342009

Also 5 hybrid films tagged Japan (only partly found footage)

Japan in Numbers

162 films · 1988-2026 · Peak: 2010s

The earliest film from Japan on the site is Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988). The 2010s brought the most, with 95 films, and 2012 was the busiest single year with 19.

Essential Films from Japan

Ranked by how many Letterboxd found footage lists include them.

Noroi: The Curse2005Occult2009Cult2013A Record of Sweet Murder2014P.O.V. A Cursed Film2012Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! File 01: Operation Capture the Slit-Mouthed Woman2012Shirome2010Senritsu Kaiki File Kowasugi! The Most Terrifying Movie in History2014

Films per Decade

  • 1980s1 <1%
  • 1990s7 4%
  • 2000s40 25%
  • 2010s95 59%
  • 2020s19 12%

Top Subgenres

  1. Mockumentary144
  2. Supernatural119
  3. Anthology104
  4. Curse23
  5. Ghost Hunting13