5 Movies Directed by Takashi Shimizu

Ju-on: The Grudge

Ju-on: The Grudge

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-01-25

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (29505 Reviews)

Director:

Takashi Shimizu

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Takashi Shimizu

Bobby White (subtitles)

Fullplot:

In Japan, when the volunteer social assistant Rika Nishina is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears.

Ju-on: The Grudge 2

Ju-on: The Grudge 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-09-05

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan

Runtime:

92 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (5747 Reviews)

Director:

Takashi Shimizu

Genres:

DramaHorror

Fullplot:

While driving , the pregnant horror-movie actress Kyèko Harase and her fiancè are in a car crash caused by the Toshio's friend. Kyèko loses her baby and her fiancè winds up in a coma. Kyèko was cursed together with a television crew when they shot a show in the haunted house where Kayako was brutally murdered by her husband years ago. While each member of the team dies or disappears, Kyèko is informed that she has a three-and-a-half-month-old fetus in her womb.

The Grudge

The Grudge

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-10-22

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA, Japan

Runtime:

91 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (105938 Reviews)

Director:

Takashi Shimizu

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Susco (screenplay)

Takashi Shimizu (film "Ju-On: The Grudge")

Fullplot:

Karen Davis is an American Nurse moves to Tokyo and encounter a supernatural spirit who is vengeful and often possesses its victims. A series of horrifying and mysterious deaths start to occur, with the spirit passing its curse onto each victim. Karen must now find away to break this spell, before she becomes its next victim.

The Grudge 2

The Grudge 2

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2006-10-13

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

USA, Japan

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (35699 Reviews)

Director:

Takashi Shimizu

Cast:

Writer:

Stephen Susco

Takashi Shimizu (film "Ju-On: The Grudge")

Fullplot:

In Pasadena, Mrs. Davis sends her daughter Aubrey Davis to Tokyo to bring her sister Karen Davis, who is interned in a hospital after surviving a fire, back to the USA. After their meeting, Karen dies and Aubrey decides to investigate what happened to her and gets herself trapped in the same situation, being chased by the ghost of the house. Meanwhile in Tokyo, the three high school mates Allison, Vanessa and Miyuki visit the famous haunted house and are also chased by the ghost. In Chicago, Trish moves to the apartment of her boyfriend Bill, who lives with his children, the teenager Lacey and boy Jake. On the next door, weird things happen with their neighbor.

Tormented

Tormented

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-08-17

Languages:

Japanese

Countries:

Japan, Netherlands

Runtime:

83 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.5 (382 Reviews)

Director:

Takashi Shimizu

Genres:

Horror

Cast:

Writer:

Sètarè Hayashi (screenplay)

Daisuke Hosaka (screenplay)

Takashi Shimizu (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Daigo doesn't speak anymore. His sister, Kiriko, is worried and their father is no help. Now Daigo is missing. He's in danger, and Kiriko will have to follow him into a world of nightmares to discover the truth.

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