Japan Synopsis
コワイ女
Unholy Women (Kowai onna), is a composite of three unrelated half-hour horror movies. A compilation of 3 separate short horror films (Rattle Rattle, Hagane, The Inheritance) written and directed by Keita Amemiya, Takuji Suzuki, and Keisuke Toyoshima respectively. The first segment, “Rattle Rattle”, tells the story of a young woman who is pursued by an evil other-worldly being. The second movie, “Steel”, concerns a young man who agrees to take the sister of his boss out on a blind date, drawing him into a world more frightening than he ever dreamed possible. The third and final episode, “The Inheritance”, is a supernatural tale of a woman and her young son, scarred by abuse and psychological trauma.
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The 2005–2007 Japan Window
In the crowded 2005-2007 Japan release window, Unholy Women sits at #309 of 364. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 134 titles released, including Unholy Women. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (1020 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 133 other Japan films in 2006.
The 1900th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
21 audience reviews — more than 38% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 33th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Unholy Women, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- trauma · 4
- blind date · 1
- evil · 8
- abuse · 7
- supernatural · 89
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #4,034 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (12th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.1 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #239 of 391 (top 61%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Micott & Basara K.K., King Records, IMAGICA, Toei Company |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | November 25, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0959314 |