Horror · Japan · 2002 · 1h 32m

Ju-on: The Grudge

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Ju-on: The Grudge poster
Director
Takashi Shimizu
Cast
Megumi Okina as Rika Nishina Misa Uehara as Izumi Toyama Yoji Tanaka as Yuji Toyama Misaki Itō as Hitomi Tokunaga Kanji Tsuda as Katsuya Tokunaga Shuri Matsuda as Kazumi Tokunaga
Crew
Tokushō Kikumura — Director of Photography Nobuyuki Takahashi — Editor Shiro Sato — Original Music Composer Takashi Shimizu — Writer Yoshinori Kumazawa — Producer Kunio Kawakami — Producer
Tagline

When a grudge from the dead passes to the living, who is safe?

Synopsis

When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.

Trailer Ju-on: The Grudge — Official Trailer
Official Trailer youtube.com
Mood & Themes
dying and deathjapanprimal fearpanicrestartsupernaturalegomaniaremakeoccultj-horrorambiguous
Key Collaborators
Takashi Shimizu Director Tokushō Kikumura Director of Photography Nobuyuki Takahashi Editor Shiro Sato Original Music Composer Takashi Shimizu Writer Yoshinori Kumazawa Producer Kunio Kawakami Producer Takashige Ichise Producer Hiroki Numata Producer
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