Ju-on: The Grudge (2002) Ju-on (original title)

Director:

Takashi Shimizu

Writers:

Takashi Shimizu (written by)
Bobby White (subtitles)

Release Date:

25 January 2003 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Haunted House | Pain | Ghost Boy | Anger

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Megumi Okina	...	Rika Nishina
Misaki Itô	...	Hitomi Tokunaga
Misa Uehara	...	Izumi Tôyama
Yui Ichikawa	...	Chiharu
Kanji Tsuda	...	Katsuya Tokunaga
Kayoko Shibata	...	Mariko
Yukako Kukuri	...	Miyuki
Shuri Matsuda	...	Kazumi Tokunaga
Yôji Tanaka	...	Yûji Tôyama
Yoshiyuki Morishita	...	Keibiin
Hideo Sakaki	...	Fukushi Sentâ Jimuin
Takashi Matsuyama	...	Takeo Saeki
Yuya Ozeki	...	Toshio
Takako Fuji	...	Kayako
Chikara Ishikura	...	Hirohashi
Chikako Isomura	...	Sachie
Chiona Ôkuni	...	Erebêtâ no Onna
Miho Fujima	...	Joshi Ana
Daisuke Honda	...	Igarashi Keiji
Hirokazu Inoue	...	Nakagawa Keiji
Mao Kobayashi	...	Shôgakusei no Izumi (as Tomomi Kobayashi)
Aki Fujî	...	Yôko Tôyama (as Aki Fujii)
Risa Odagiri	...	Saori
Kaori Nakajô	...	Chiaki
Kana Kobayashi	...	Ayano
Akira Saito	...	Sekine Sensei (as Akira Saitô)
Hiroyuki Yokoo	...	Nyûsu no Koe (voice) (as Hiroyuki Yoko'o)
Isao Yatsu	...	Saitô
Haruka Yamano	...	Fukikae
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chiaki Kuriyama
Yûrei Yanagi
Wendee Lee	...	Rika (uncredited) (voice: English version)
Michelle Ruff	...	Hitomi (uncredited) (voice: English version)

Directed by
Takashi Shimizu

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Takashi Shimizu		written by
Bobby White		subtitles

Produced by
Takashige Ichise	....	producer
Kunio Kawakami	....	producer
Yoshinori Kumazawa	....	producer
Hiroki Numata	....	producer

Original Music by
Shiro Sato		(as Shirô Satô)

Cinematography by
Tokushô Kikumura

Film Editing by
Nobuyuki Takahashi

Production Design by
Toshiharu Tokiwa

Production Management
Katsuhiro Ogawa	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Masaki Adachi	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Walter Ledesma	....	sound re-recording mixer: English version
Komatsu Masato	....	sound

Other crew
Peter Block	....	acquisitions executive
Rintaro Hamasaki	....	location unit manager
Kiyoshi Kurosawa	....	creative consultant
Hiroshi Takahashi	....	creative consultant

Production Companies

• Pioneer LDC
• Nikkatsu
• Oz Company
• Xanadeux Company

Distributors

• Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (2003) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Medusa Communications and Marketing (2003) (UK) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Contender Entertainment Group (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• DeA Planeta Home Entertainment (Spain)
• Highlight Film (Germany) (DVD)
• Intercontinental Video (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films (2004) (USA) (subtitled)
• Lizard Cinema Trade (2004) (Russia)
• Madman Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (all media)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2010) (Finland) (TV)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Xanadeux Company (2003) (worldwide) (all media)

Special Effects

• Nippon Eizo Creative (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Cineo Camera  camera equipment supplied by
• Kodak Japan  film stock supplied by
• Nihon Shomei Co.  lighting equipment supplied by
• Tokyo Laboratory Co. Ltd.  film processing

Also Known As:

"Ju-on" - Japan (original title)
"The Grudge" - UK (DVD title), USA

MPAA:

Rated R for some disturbing images

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS-Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Finland:K-18 | Germany:16 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | UK:15 | USA:R | Malaysia:18SG | Sweden:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Japan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Nerima, Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Pioneer LDC

Goofs:

Continuity: When Rika's in the shower, she has a lot of shampoo in her hair. Yet right before Kayoko's hand appears, the shampoo vanishes.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Hirohashi:Thanks for the effort.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009)

Soundtrack:

Kagi ga akanai

Ow my freakin'god!

I like to think of myself as a grrrl who is able to handle a lot, when it comes to horror, though I have developed a preference for the more psychological kind...The kind that takes you by the throat and does not let go...

I thought Ring (original) was indescribably scary, especially since I watched it alone, in the dark ,in a deserted house, AND ON VIDEO, these factors definitely added to my level of scariness...The end of that movie, was literally spinechilling and I found myself clutching the blankets and holding on for dear life when in THAT movie happened what happened when it did happen.

Thought that was the scariest movie ever! Nothing could top it, right? Well I could not have been more wrong...

How totally unprepared was I for what was about to come when I popped Ju-on(original version again), in the DVD-player...

Ow my freakin'god, I was so scared through the whole film by the terrifying atmosphere throughout...

And how about the sounds...

When the ending came i was so scared I could hardly breathe, I had the imprints of my nails in the palms of my hands, and could not speak or move...

The aftermath of the movie was me being SO scared I was too chicken to go to the loo...

I checked my closets, and my blanket numerous times,and this went on for months... had nightmares too...and was totally afraid of the dark allover again...like when I was a kid or maybe even moreso...

I have seen a lot, but this one is definitely the most scary,and I do not think I ever wanna see it again...