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"Scary Sunday" (Kowai Nichiyoubi) is a television drama series that ran on Nippon Television from July 4 to September 26, 1999. It consists of 10 episodes plus one recap episode. It aired every Sunday from 11:40 to 12:00 p.m., and the title of the drama comes from this. Nino, Aiba and MatsuJun appear in one episode each.
The show was presented as an anthology-style drama in which viewers were asked to submit their paranormal experiences, but it was actually based on the "Shin Mimibukuro" (New Earmuffs) series of true ghost stories by Kihara Hirokatsu and Nakayama Shiro. Kihara later published a paperback book titled "Kowai Nichiyoubi," a re-edited version of the stories that inspired each episode of the drama.
The show was produced and filmed by Office Crescendo. This drama series continued with "Kowai Sunday: New Chapter" and "Kowai Sunday: 2000."
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A Johnny's Jr. member hosted the show (Yokoyama Yu, Kamenashi Kazuya, Sato Takashi, and Hasebe Hayato), calling himself part of the the "Hyakumonogatari Kai (Ghost Story Society)" and acting as the navigator. Other Jr. members then reenact the stories, usually with a twist ending..
- Episode 1
Aired: July 4, 1999
The Girl in the 8mm Video: Subaru Shibuya
The Cursed Payphone
The Unopened Toilet: Yu Yokoyama
Japan's Oldest Ghost Photograph - Episode 2
Aired: July 11, 1999
The Red Car: Yuki Obara
The Sound of a Boombox
The Child Who Visited the Hospital: Shingo Murakami
The Abandoned Hospital in Atsugi - Episode 3
Aired: July 25, 1999
The Drowned Boy: Jin Akanishi
The Haunted House
The Pizza Delivery Man: Nobukazu Furuya (Though not a Johnny's Jr. member, Koji Okura plays both the "pizza delivery man" and the "phone caller.") - Episode 4
Aired: August 1, 1999
Something Knocking on the Floor: Koji Makino, Ippei Tatehashi
The Ghost Tunnel
I Want to Hear Your Voice: Tsubasa Imai
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Episode 5
Aired: August 8, 1999
Don't Move It!: Aiba Masaki, Nakamaru Yuichi
Going Home
My Friend J: Kato Seisuke, Matsuzaki Yusuke, Fujigaya Taisuke
Uchikoshi Bridge in Yokohama - Episode 6
Aired: August 15, 1999
Three People Are Coming: Taguchi Junnosuke
Grim Reaper
At the Doorstep: Hasegawa Jun - Episode 7
Aired: August 22, 1999
Midnight Email: Tanaka Seiji
Something in the Tunnel
Cassette Tape: Kamizato Ryota, Oba Ken -
Episode 8
Aired: August 29, 1999
Was It Here?: Ninomiya Kazunari, Makino Koji, Takahashi Jo
The Truth from the Lie
Accident: Nobuichi Furuya - Episode 9
Aired: September 5, 1999
Cell Phone: Jin Akanishi
The Last Juice: Koji Tanaka, Tatsuya Ito, Yasushi Hashida
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Episode 10 (Final)
Aired: September 19, 1999
Secondhand Clothing Store: Jun Matsumoto
Forbidden Ghost Story: Yu Yokoyama - Compilation
Aired: September 26, 1999
The Girl in the 8mm Video: Subaru Shibuya, Takeharu Nashimoto (same as Episode 1)
Pizza Delivery Man: Nobuichi Furuya (same as Episode 3)
