
Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre
2023 · Netflix · 24 min · 1 season
S01E12 · "Whispering Woman" "Soichi's Beloved Pet"
Thu, 19 Jan, 11:00 pm
A mysterious woman calmly takes on the job of helping a hysterical girl unable to make any decisions on her own. Soichi's family adopts a pet cat.
About
Compilation of 20 Junji Ito's famous horror stories.
Episodes
- E01
"The Strange Hikizuri Siblings"
Thu, 19 Jan· 24 minA photographer with an interest in spirits and ghosts pays a visit to the very strange and creepy home where the six Hikizuri siblings live.
- E02
"The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel" "Ice Cream Bus"
Thu, 19 Jan· 25 minGoro returns to the tunnel he saw his mother once walk into. An ice cream truck arrives in the neighborhood, driven by a bewitching young man.
- E03
"Hanging Balloon"
Thu, 19 Jan· 25 minAfter a popular idol dies by what appears to be suicide, there are multiple sightings of her giant, grotesque head floating in the sky.
- E04
"Four x Four Walls" "The Sandman’s Lair"
Thu, 19 Jan· 24 minKoichi can't study because his younger brother Soichi is constantly making noise. Tormented by his dreams, Yuji asks his friend Mari to keep him awake.
- E05
"Intruder" "Long Hair in the Attic"
Thu, 19 Jan· 24 minOshikiri has been hearing strange footsteps in the house he lives in alone. Chiemi wakes up to find a rat stuck in her long, black hair.
- E06
"Mold" "Library Vision"
Thu, 19 Jan· 24 minA year after renting his house to Mr. Rogi, Akasaka finds mold growing everywhere. Koko's husband Goro is obsessed with maintaining his library.
- E07
"Tomb Town"
Thu, 19 Jan· 24 minAfter hitting a girl with his car, Tsuyoshi and his sister Kaoru find that the road they're driving on is blocked by countless tombstones.
- E08
"Layers of Terror" "The Thing that Drifted Ashore"
Thu, 19 Jan· 25 minWhen an accident causes her to lose half her face, Reimi discovers that her younger selves still exist inside her. An eerie sea creature drifts ashore.
- E09
"Tomie・Photo"
Thu, 19 Jan· 24 minA menacing transfer student named Tomie isn't happy that a girl named Tsukiko has been taking and selling pictures of popular boys in their school.
- E10
"Unendurable Labyrinth" "The Bully"
Thu, 19 Jan· 25 minTwo friends get lost in the mountains and come across a community of ascetic monks. Kuriko ends up bullying a younger boy she's been playing with.
- E11
"Alley" "Headless Statue"
Thu, 19 Jan· 24 minA young man moves into a boarding house next to an enclosed alley. An art teacher known for his headless sculptures is found murdered — with no head.
- E12
"Whispering Woman" "Soichi's Beloved Pet"
Thu, 19 Jan· 24 minA mysterious woman calmly takes on the job of helping a hysterical girl unable to make any decisions on her own. Soichi's family adopts a pet cat.











