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The Grudge review by A customer from UK

Customer Review 23 June 2008
...d wrings the chills out of every frame. This is most unequivocably a tribute to Takashi Shimizu, whose flawless direction exploits the theme with discipline and craft. I admit... Read customer review

Dark Tales Of Japan review by DJM666 from Walsall, England

A poor selection of stories 2 June 2006
...A selection of 5 short stories from five Japanese directors (including Takashi Shimizu(writer & director of The Grudge movies) & Norio Tsuruta(director of Ring 0)). The first ... Read customer review

Marebito review by HumanHighway from Bristol, England

Shimizu's masterpiece 4 September 2007
...died. You'd never think such an obscene and adventerous film could stem from Takashi Shimizu, after his countless Grudge remakes i began to wonder how much of a filmmaking ... Read customer review

Takashi Shimizu - filmography

Shock Labyrinth on DVD (2009)
Starring: Erina Mizuno, Ai Maeda, Shoichiro Masumoto
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Certificate:
Takashi Shimizu directs this Japanese horror-thriller. The film follows a group of teenagers who receive an unexpected visit from their childhood friend Yuki (Misako Renbutsu) a decade after her mysterious disappearance. When Yuki falls ill, they take her to what they believe to be a hospital, but ..read more »

45% from 319 members

The Grudge 2 on DVD (2006)
Starring: Edison Chen, Jenna Dewan, Joanna Cassidy
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Certificate:
Follow up to the 2004 film of the same name - a US remake of the Japanese film 'Ju-on' (2003) by Takashi Shimizu. In this sequel, the vengeful and terrible curse continues to consume and petrify all in its path as we are shown three seemingly unconnected stories. An American girl discovers her ..read more »

53% from 13,456 members

Reincarnation on DVD (2005)
Starring: Yuka, Kippei Shiina, Karina
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Certificate:
A psychological horror-suspense film rooted in reincarnation that centers around several people who find themselves haunted by ghosts. Meanwhile, film director Ikuo Matsumara is holding auditions--prepping to make a movie about a 1970 murder spree at a hotel north of Tokyo; the killer being a ..read more »

59% from 1,154 member

The Grudge on DVD (2004)
Starring: William Mapother, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Clea DuVall
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Certificate:
'The Grudge' is the curse of one who dies in the grip of a powerful rage. Karen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is an exchange student working for a Japanese medical centre. Covering for another nurse she attends to an old American woman, Emma, and while there unknowingly uncovers the source of the curse. ..read more »

56% from 39,537 members

Marebito on DVD (2004)
Starring: Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Certificate:
Disturbing Japanese horror, directed by Takashi Shimizu. Masuoka (Shinya Tsukamoto) is a cameraman obsessed by the footage he takes of a violent suicide in a subway. When he returns to the scene, he discovers a doorway into a strange otherworld populated by ghosts and subterranean creatures, ..read more »

51% from 1,151 member

Dark Tales Of Japan on DVD (2004)
Starring: Yoko Maki, Miyako, Kanako Fukaura
Director: Takashi Shimizu, Norio Tsurut
Certificate:
Portmanteau of Japanese horror tales from some of Japan's most respected horror directors, including Yoshihiro Nakamura, Takashi Shimizu, and Norio Tsuruta. In 'The Spiderwoman', two investigative journalists look into an urban legend of a mysterious half-woman, half-spider creature said to haunt a ..read more »

43% from 240 members

Ju-On - The Grudge 2 on DVD (2003)
Starring: Yui Ichikawa, Chiharu Niyama, Noriko Sakai
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Certificate:
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Sequel to the Japanese horror film. The 'Ju-on' from the first film, the supernatural curse of the two murdered victims, still resides in the house where they were killed. When a horror film actress, who has survived a car accident that killed her unborn child and put her husband in a coma, films a ..read more »

56% from 3,517 members

The Grudge on DVD (2002)
Starring: Yui Ichikawa, Megumi Okina, Misa Uehara
Director: Takashi Shimizu
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Based on the famous Japanese Legend of the Ju-On (a curse generated by someone who dies in the grip of powerful anger), this disturbing psychological horror follows the chilling exploits of five young women terrorized by a powerful and vengeful spirit.

62% from 12,027 members

Tales Of Terror (2 discs) on DVD
Starring: Hiroshi Takahashi, Norio Tsuruta, Takashi Shimzu
Director: Takashi Shimizu, Norio Tsurut, Hiroshi Takash
Certificate:
33 nightmarish shorts by a selection of the most popular Japanese horror directors around.

47% from 59 members

Takashi Shimizu facts

5 most recent films

Shock Labyrinth - 2.5 stars
The Grudge 2 - 2.5 stars
Reincarnation - 3.0 stars
The Grudge - 3.0 stars
Marebito - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Grudge - 3.0 stars
Reincarnation - 3.0 stars
The Grudge - 3.0 stars
Ju-On - The Grudge 2 - 3.0 stars
The Grudge 2 - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Dark Tales Of Japan - 2.0 stars
Shock Labyrinth - 2.5 stars
Tales Of Terror - 2.5 stars
Marebito - 2.5 stars
The Grudge 2 - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Yui Ichikawa - 5 times - show films
Sarah Michelle Gellar - 3 times - show films
Kei Horie - 3 times - show films
Noriko Sakai - 3 times - show films
Norio Tsuruta - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Norio Tsuruta - 4 times - show films
Hiroshi Takash - 3 times - show films
Norio Tsurut - 2 times - show films
Hideo Nakata - 1 times - show films

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