Disney+ Sets Night Tales Club for January 2027

Disney+ has announced that “Night Tales Club,” a six-part Japanese supernatural anthology starring Takayuki Yamada, will premiere in January 2027. The series follows a businessman who investigates paranormal accounts and offers a 20 million yen reward for evidence, with each episode adapting a different story from author Ichi Sawamura’s horror collection. Yamada plays Hojo, a wealthy entrepreneur convinced that ghosts, curses and other unexplained phenomena are signs of a deeper conspiracy. He invites people to bring their experiences and evidence to the Night Tales Club, where six accounts of the supernatural form the series’ central stories. The premiere window has been announced, but no specific date in January has been set. A trailer outlines conditions for claiming Hojo’s reward: reports must be truthful and verifiable, involve a real victim and be supported by unique physical evidence. The reward is described as 20 million yen in gold. Six directors will each helm an episode: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu, Shinzo Katayama, Yukiko Sode, Yuichiro Sakashita and Yosuke Nakamura. Kenji Nakajima will direct the framing sequences featuring Hojo. The series is produced by...