{"rewrite":{"id":"r_fe2ae83bf41fc96ea26375c5","clusterId":"c_f9d047312f2865ec1e670e58","slug":"disney-sets-six-part-horror-anthology-night-tales-club-for-january-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Disney+ Sets Six-Part Horror Anthology Night Tales Club For January 2027","summary":"Disney+ announced Night Tales Club on Wednesday, a six-episode supernatural mystery anthology that premieres in January 2027 and stars Takayuki Yamada as Hojo, a wealthy entrepreneur who treats ghosts, monsters and curses as bugs in a larger conspiracy. Hojo founds the club of the title and pays people 20 million yen, roughly $130,000, in gold to bring him accounts of the inexplicable. Each episode dramatizes a different account. Ichi Sawamura adapted the scripts from his own short horror collection, and six directors handle the episodes: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu, Shinzo Katayama, Yukiko Sode, Yuichiro Sakashita and Yosuke Nakamura. Kenji Nakajima directs the framing sequences with Yamada. Yusuke Wakabayashi and Teruhisa Yamamoto produce. First-look images and a teaser trailer went out with the announcement. Sawamura said he felt surprise and joy that the stories would reach audiences worldwide.","whyItMatters":"The series puts a Japanese genre anthology into Disney+'s international originals pipeline, which the company says it plans to roughly triple from about 60 to 70 shows a year over the next three years.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe directing roster spans distinct corners of Japanese genre work: Kurosawa, whose credits include Cure and Wife of a Spy; Shimizu, of Ju-on; Katayama, who directed the Disney+ series Gannibal; Sode, of All the Lovers in the Night; Sakashita, of I Can\u0026#39;t Cry With Your Face; and Nakamura, of Higuma!!. The two outlets describing the project list Sode\u0026#39;s credits differently, and Sakashita and Nakamura are named in each without overlap in their filmographies.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe announcement lands against Disney\u0026#39;s stated plan to increase international original output. The streamer\u0026#39;s earlier Japanese live-action titles include the folk-horror thriller Gannibal, which returned for a second season in 2025, and the supernatural mystery Land of Tanabata. Upcoming Japanese and cross-cultural titles include the romantic comedy Merry Berry Love and the variety show The One Shot. In April, Disney signed a multi-year development deal with TBS-owned production company The Seven for more Japanese live-action originals. The Night Tales Club news also follows a change at the top of Disney\u0026#39;s Asia-Pacific operation, with Carol Choi succeeding the retiring Luke Kang as president.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Six directors, one anthology: Night Tales Club is only as strong as its weakest segment. Kiyoshi Kurosawa shares the frame with five other voices, so the show will be judged on which episode holds.","twitterPost":"Night Tales Club gives six directors one episode each. The anthology's risk is unevenness, not shortage of talent.","threadsPost":"Night Tales Club brings Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu and four more directors under one anthology. The show's real test is whether six separate visions hold as one series, since each episode dramatizes a different account.","newsletterBlurb":"Disney+ has a Japanese horror anthology coming in January 2027, and it comes with a premise: a rich man pays for evidence of the supernatural. Takayuki Yamada leads Night Tales Club, with episodes directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu and four others.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"The Hollywood Reporter Japan\",\"url\":\"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/disney-japanese-horror-series-night-tales-club-1236735982/\",\"title\":\"Disney+ Sets Japanese Horror Anthology Series 'Night Tales Club' With Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takayuki Yamada\"},{\"source\":\"Deadline Japan\",\"url\":\"https://deadline.com/2026/10/disney-plus-night-tales-club-japan-watch-teaser-trailer-1237168358/\",\"title\":\"Disney+ Opens Supernatural Thriller Series 'Night Tales Club' In Japan; Watch The Teaser\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":5825,"outputTokens":1032,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792552047,"createdAt":"2026-10-21T03:01:23.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-21T03:06:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T03:06:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f9d047312f2865ec1e670e58","canonicalTitle":"Disney+ Opens Supernatural Thriller Series ‘Night Tales Club’ In Japan; Watch The Teaser","representativeArticleId":"a_a53a169ad5616ff0c1a557e9","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":2,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Night Tales Club\"],\"studios\":[\"Disney+\"],\"people\":[\"Kiyoshi Kurosawa\",\"Takayuki Yamada\",\"Ichi Sawamura\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"business","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-21T00:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-21T03:06:09.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"The Hollywood Reporter Japan","url":"https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/disney-japanese-horror-series-night-tales-club-1236735982/","title":"Disney+ Sets Japanese Horror Anthology Series ‘Night Tales Club’ With Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takayuki Yamada"},{"source":"Deadline Japan","url":"https://deadline.com/2026/10/disney-plus-night-tales-club-japan-watch-teaser-trailer-1237168358/","title":"Disney+ Opens Supernatural Thriller Series ‘Night Tales Club’ In Japan; Watch The Teaser"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Night Tales Club"],"studios":["Disney+"],"people":["Kiyoshi Kurosawa","Takayuki Yamada","Ichi Sawamura"],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Night Tales Club is a six-episode supernatural anthology series that premieres on Disney+ in January 2027.","Takayuki Yamada plays Hojo, a wealthy entrepreneur who pays 20 million yen, roughly $130,000, in gold for evidence of supernatural phenomena.","Ichi Sawamura wrote the episode scripts based on his own short horror story collection.","Episodes are directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu, Shinzo Katayama, Yukiko Sode, Yuichiro Sakashita and Yosuke Nakamura.","Kenji Nakajima directs the framing sequences featuring Takayuki Yamada, and Yusuke Wakabayashi and Teruhisa Yamamoto produce."]}