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Jan 25, 2003 · Ju-on: The Grudge: Directed by Takashi Shimizu. With Megumi Okina, Misaki Itô, Misa Uehara, Yui Ichikawa. A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
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- Takashi Shimizu
- 2003-01-25
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Several years prior to the main plot, Takeo Saeki murders his wife Kayako after discovering she is in love with another man, also killing the family cat, Mar, and his son, Toshio. The murders create a curse that revives the family as vengeful ghosts, with Kayako's ghost murdering Takeo. Whoever enters their house in Nerima, Tokyo, is eventually con...
In 2004, Sony Pictures Entertainment released an American remake of the film. The film was directed by Takashi Shimizu and starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Jason Behr. The main plot of the film follows Rika's experience within the house but with a different ending. Its sequel, The Grudge 2, however, mirrors a similar ending, where Aubrey Davis me...
Ju-on: The Grudge was shown on 18 October 2002 at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Los Angeles California under the title The Grudge. The film was also screened as part of Midnight Madness at the Toronto International Film Festivalin September 2003. Ju-On was given a limited theatrical release by Solar Films in the Philippines on 26 November ...
Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a rating of 80% based on five reviews, with an average rating of 5 out of 10. At Metacritic, a website which assigns a rating out of 100 for reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 48, based on 22 reviews indicating "mixed or average reviews". The Washington Post gave the film a mixe...
Ju-on: The Grudge at IMDbJu-on: The Grudge at Box Office MojoJu-on: The Grudge at MetacriticJu-on: The Grudge at Rotten TomatoesJan 13, 2020 · Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003) Hot on The Grudge’s heels was this bizarre sequel that, although keeping with the six-act structure of the series, feels curiously out of place.The over-arching plot ...
Jun 18, 2021 · A Japanese horror classic.When Nishina Rika (Megumi Okina), a volunteer home care worker, steps inside the house of a bed-ridden patient, she happens upon a ...
Jun 6, 2024 · The true genesis of the Ju-On franchise can be traced back to two seminal short films crafted by filmmaker Takashi Shimizu. In the impactful three-minute-long shorts Katasumi and 4444444444, Shimizu introduced audiences to the iconic characters who would come to define the series in the haunting presence of a crawling contortionist and a young boy capable of emitting feline-like cries.
Ju-On (呪怨, Juon, lit. 'Resentment Curse', also known as The Grudge) is a Japanese horror franchise created by Takashi Shimizu. The franchise began in 1998 with the release of the short films Katasumi and 4444444444. Shimizu attended the Film School of Tokyo, where he studied under Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Kurosawa helped Shimizu shepherd the Ju-On ...
The eerie tale of a family who was brutally killed in their own home, leaving behind an evil spirit lurking in the shadows. 736 IMDb 6.7 1 h 32 min 2002. X-Ray R. Horror · International · Fantastic · Ominous. Available to rent or buy.
