Japanese horror

films of the horror genre with a decidedly Eastern and specifically Japanese style
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Japanese horror

Summary

Japanese horror is a film genre by country[1]. It draws 340 Wikipedia views per month (film_genre_by_country category, ranking #1 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Japanese horror's instance of is recorded as film genre by country[3].
  • Japanese horror's subclass of is recorded as supernatural horror film[4].
  • Japanese horror's subclass of is recorded as cinema of Japan[5].
  • Japanese horror's Commons category is recorded as Japanese horror[6].
  • Japanese horror's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05dp1b[7].
  • Japanese horror's described by source is recorded as Nightmare Japan: Contemporary Japanese Horror Cinema[8].
  • Japanese horror's Quora topic ID is recorded as Japanese-Horror[9].
  • Japanese horror's Giant Bomb ID is recorded as 3015-3243[10].
  • Japanese horror's Rate Your Music film genre ID is recorded as J-Horror[11].
  • Japanese horror's IMDb keyword is recorded as japanese-horror[12].

Why It Matters

Japanese horror draws 340 Wikipedia views per month (film_genre_by_country category, ranking #1 of 6).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Japanese horror. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/japanese-horror
MLA “Japanese horror.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/japanese-horror.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_japanese-horror_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Japanese horror}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/japanese-horror}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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