Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre - Season 1 Episode 3

Season 1 Episode 3

Hanging Balloon

25m ·★ 7.0 ·Japan · JA· Netflix

After a popular idol dies by what appears to be suicide, there are multiple sightings of her giant, grotesque head floating in the sky.

NEXTEp 4: Four x Four Walls / The Sandman's Lair›

Episodes

S01E0119 Jan 2324m

The Strange Hikizuri Siblings

A photographer with an interest in spirits and ghosts pays a visit to the very strange and creepy home where the six Hikizuri siblings live.

S01E0219 Jan 2325m

The Story of the Mysterious Tunnel / Ice Cream Bus

Goro 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.

S01E0319 Jan 2325m

Hanging Balloon

After a popular idol dies by what appears to be suicide, there are multiple sightings of her giant, grotesque head floating in the sky.

S01E0419 Jan 2324m

Four x Four Walls / The Sandman's Lair

Koichi 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.

S01E0519 Jan 2324m

Intruder / Long Hair in the Attic

Oshikiri 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.

S01E0619 Jan 2324m

Mold / Library Vision

A year after renting his house to Mr. Rogi, Akasaka finds mold growing everywhere. Koko's husband Goro is obsessed with maintaining his library.

S01E0719 Jan 2324m

Tomb Town

After hitting a girl with his car, Tsuyoshi and his sister Kaoru find that the road they're driving on is blocked by countless tombstones.

S01E0819 Jan 2325m

Layers of Terror / The Thing that Drifted Ashore

When 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.