Ju-on (2000) (V)

Director:

Takashi Shimizu

Writer:

Takashi Shimizu (written by)

Release Date:

11 February 2000 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery

Plot:

Jealous of his wifes love for another man, a teacher from her high school, a man brutally kills his wife and young son...

Plot Keywords:

Ghost | Teacher | Jaw Ripped Off | Fear | Ghost Story

Cast

Yûrei Yanagi	...	Shunsuke Kobayashi (segment "Toshio")
Yue	...	Manami Kobayashi (segment "Toshio")
Ryôta Koyama	...	Toshio Saeki (segment "Toshio")
Hitomi Miwa	...	Yuki (segment "Yuki")
Asumi Miwa	...	Kanna Murakami (segment "Yuki")
Yumi Yoshiyuki	...	Noriko Murakami (segment "Yuki")
Kazushi Andô	...	Tsuyoshi Murakami (segment "Yuki")
Chiaki Kuriyama	...	Mizuho Tamura (segment "Mizuho")
Yoriko Douguchi	...	Nakamura (segment "Mizuho") (as Yoriko Dôguchi)
Jun'ichi Kiuchi	...	Tezuka (segment "Mizuho")
Denden	...	Yoshikawa (segment "Kanna")
Tarô Suwa	...	Kamio (segment "Kanna")
Reita Serizawa	...	Iizuka (segment "Kanna")
Shirô Namiki	...	Kansatsui (segment "Kanna")
Takako Fuji	...	Kayako Saeki (segment "Kayako")
Takashi Matsuyama	...	Takeo Saeki (segment "Kayako")
Yûko Daike	...	Kyôko Suzuki (segment "Kyôko")
Makoto Ashikawa	...	Tatsuya Suzuki (segment "Kyôko")
Kaori Fujii	...	Yoshimi Kitada (segment "Kyôko")
Hua Rong Weng	...	Hiroshi Kitada (segment "Kyôko") (as Kaei Ô)
Mayuko Saitô	...	Jimuin (segment "Kyôko")

Directed by
Takashi Shimizu

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Takashi Shimizu		written by

Produced by
Takashige Ichise	....	producer
Kazuo Katô	....	producer
Mitsuru Kurosawa	....	planner
Masaaki Takashima	....	producer

Original Music by
Gary Ashiya		(as Geirî Ashiya)

Cinematography by
Nobuhito Kisuki

Production Management
Kazuo Shigetake	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Keiichi Kitagawa	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Mitsuo Tokita	....	sound

Special Effects by
Hajime Matsumoto	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Hiroyuki Tashiro	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Hideo Oka	....	lighting technician

Other crew
Hiroshi Takahashi	....	supervisor

Production Companies

• Toei Video Company

Distributors

• Playtime S.A. (Greece) (theatrical)
• DeA Planeta Home Entertainment (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
• Toei Video Company
• e-m-s the DVD-Company (2006) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Benkay Co. Ltd.  promotional graphics

Also Known As:

Ju-on: The Curse (International: English title) (informal title)

Runtime:

70 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Sweden:15 | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:PG | USA:R

Company:

Toei Video Company

Trivia:

The strange vocal sounds were performed by director Takashi Shimizu.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Fall (2004)

Horrifying, relentless, and unbelievable

Ju-on: the Curse is absolutely the scariest movie ever made. I found myself gasping out loud at times. Forget cheap scares, forget the need for special effects. Forget even the need for a dark setting. Most of the scenes are in broad daylight, yet they will nearly scare you to death. I've seen a lot of horror movies, but I can easily say that nothing compares to this one. Takashi Shimizu has mastered the art of bringing terror to the screen. If there really were such a thing as ghost, really mean, really vengeful ghost, this is what they would be like. I should note that Ju-on the Curse is really two movies, Curse I and II. The second has some overlapping material, but adequately compliments the first. If you want to be frightened, really really frightened, this is the one to watch.