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Takashi Shimizu


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Takashi Shimizu - what members say


  • The Grudge
  • The Grudge review by A customer from UK
    Rated - 5 stars 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...  
  • Dark Tales Of Japan
  • Dark Tales Of Japan review by Darren Mitchell from Walsall, England
    Rated - 1 stars 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 ...  
  • Marebito
  • Marebito review by Samuel Drower from Bristol, England
    Rated - 5 stars 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 ...  

Takashi Shimizu - filmography


  • Reincarnation on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Yuka,  Karina,  Kippei Shiina
    Director: Takashi Shimizu
    Certificate: 18
    A Japanese horror film director starts shooting a film about a real life mass murder case that took place in the 1970s. An actress begins to experience the murders as though they are happening around her and other bizarre things start occurring on the set. She discovers an 8mm camera that she ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.0 57% from 390 members
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  • Marebito on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Shinya Tsukamoto,  Tomomi Miyashita
    Director: Takashi Shimizu
    Certificate: 18
    Masuoka (Shinya Tsukamoto) is a cameraman possessed by the craving to understand fear. In particular, he obsesses over his footage of a grisly suicide in the subway. Returning to the scene to better comprehend the dead man's reasoning, he opens a doorway into a bizarre, cavernous underworld. Here ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 52% from 376 members
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  • The Grudge (2 discs) on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Megumi Okina,  Misaki Ito,  Misa Uehara
    Director: Takashi Shimizu
    Certificate: 15
    A normal everyday house is haunted by events from the past when a woman and child were murdered here. Now, everyone who sets foot in the place becomes marked and those who have been tainted begin to die.
    Rate this: 3.0 64% from 2,260 members
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Takashi Shimizu - downloads


  • The Grudge 2 for Download
    Starring: Chiharu Niyama,  Kei Horie,  Noriko Sakai
    Director: Takashi Shimizu
    Certificate: 18
    Rent from: £2.99
    Run time: 89 minutes
    When the cast and crew of a paranormal TV show film on location at the Ju-On house, they immediately get the chills and the eerier feeling that something or someone is watching them. As they depart from the shoot, strange things begin to happen… Acclaimed filmmaker Shimizu Takashi returns with ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 52% from 18 members
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  • The Grudge for Download
    Starring: Misaki Ito,  Megumi Okina,  Misa Uehara
    Director: Takashi Shimizu
    Certificate: 15
    Rent from: £2.99
    Run time: 92 minutes
    A normal everyday house is haunted by events from the past when a woman and child were murdered here. Now, everyone who sets foot in the place becomes marked and those who have been tainted begin to die.
    Rate this: 3.0 61% from 63 members
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Takashi Shimizu facts

5 most recent films


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

5 highest-rated films


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

5 lowest-rated films


Tales Of Terror - 1.5 stars
Dark Tales Of Japan - 2.0 stars
Marebito - 2.5 stars
The Grudge 2 - 2.5 stars
The Grudge 2 - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars


Yui Ichikawa - 4 times - show films
Misa Uehara - 2 times - show films
Misaki Ito - 2 times - show films
Noriko Sakai - 2 times - show films
Megumi Okina - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors


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