Ju-on: The Grudge
From AsianWiki
Contents |
User Rating
Current user rating: 91/100 (12 votes)
Profile
- Movie: Ju-on: The Grudge
- Romaji:
- Japanese: 呪怨
- Director: Takashi Shimizu
- Writer: Takashi Shimizu
- Producer:
- Cinematography:
- Release Date: January 25. 2003
- Runtime: 92 min
- Language: Japanese
- Country: Japan
Plot
According to the introductory note, "Ju-On" is a curse left behind by someone who dies in a powerful rage -- a part haunting, part supernatural virus that infects anyone who comes into contact with it. More than just the premise, that's the plot in a nutshell.
Volunteer social worker Rika (Megumi Okina) stumbles across the curse when she finds an almost catatonic old woman in a shambles of a home, a spooky little boy with a froggy voice and a veritable black hole of a phantom that seems to be sucking the life from the old lady. The story then jumps back and forth along the timeline in a series of chapters named for the characters haunted and hunted by the unsettled souls.
Notes
- The original 2000 "Ju-on" and its 2000 "Ju-on 2" sequel were direct-to-video releases that became a surprise hit in Japan.
- In 2003, director Takashi Shimizu along with mentor Kiyoshi Kurosawa released theatrical versions titled Ju-on: The Grudge and Ju-on: The Grudge 2.
- That same year, 2003, rights were sold to film a U.S. remake of Ju-on: The Grudge.
- Related titles:
- Ju-on (2000)
- Ju-on 2 (2000)
- Ju-on: The Grudge (2003)
- Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)
- The Grudge: Girl in Black | Ju-on: Kuroi Shoujo (2009)
- The Grudge: Old Lady in White | Ju-on: Shiroi Roujo (2009)
Cast
- Megumi Okina - Rika Nishina
- Misaki Ito - Hitomi Tokunaga
- Misa Uehara - Izumi Toyama
- Yui Ichikawa - Chiharu
- Kanji Tsuda - Katsuya Tokunaga
- Kayoko Shibata - Mariko
- Yukako Kukuri - Miyuki
- Shuri Matsuda - Kazumi Tokunaga
- Yoji Tanaka - Yuji Toyama
- Takashi Matsuyama - Takeo Saeki
- Yuya Ozeki - Toshio Saeki
- Takako Fuji - Kayako Saeki
- Chikara Ishikura - Hirohashi
- Chikako Isomura - Sachie Tokunaga
- Daisuke Honda - Detective Igarashi
- Hirokazu Inoue - Detective Nakagawa
- Tomomi Kobayashi - Izumi, Student
- Aki Fuji - Yôko Toyama
- Risa Odagiri - Saori
- Akira Saito - Sekine-sensei
- Miho Fujima
Film Festivals
- 2012 (3th) Terracotta Far East Film Festival - April 12-15, 2012
Comments
Leave a Comment
