Tales of the Bizarre
7.8Returning SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyMystery

Tales of the Bizarre

Inspired by American TV movies like "Hitchcock Theater" and "The Twilight Zone," the show features multiple works with Tamori as the storyteller and actors as the main characters. While horror and supernatural themes are predominant, a variety of genres like comedy and drama are also produced. Most episodes, however, have a bad ending.

23. Psychic Power!

0.0Aug 9, 1990 · 15 min

Paranormal researcher Professor Iwase (Noboru Nakaya) has become a leading authority by exposing the tricks of fake psychics one after another. Yet he never denied their existence — quite the opposite; his desire to meet a real psychic is exactly what drove his research and made him a debunker. One day Iwase dreams that someone is strangling him. Right after, a man named Kayama (Shiro Sano) comes to visit... (Based on Keisuke Yoshizawa, "Precognition," from Short-Short Theater 4: SF à la Carte, Futabasha)