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Takashi Shimizu(I)

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Takashi Shimizu
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Takashi Shimizu was born on 27 July 1972 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. He is a director and writer, known for Ju-on: The Grudge (2002), The Grudge (2004) and The Grudge 2 (2006).
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Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jason Behr, and Takashi Shimizu in The Grudge (2004)
Sarah Michelle Gellar and Takashi Shimizu in The Grudge (2004)
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Bernadette Peters, Takashi Shimizu, Hiroshi Konishi, and Hideki Ono

Known for

Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
Ju-on: The Grudge
6.7
  • Director
  • 2002
The Grudge (2004)
The Grudge
5.9
  • Director
  • 2004
Ohga Tanaka in The Grudge 2 (2006)
The Grudge 2
5.0
  • Director(directed by)
  • 2006
Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003)
Ju-On: The Grudge 2
6.3
  • Director
  • 2003

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Director

  • Immersion
    • In Production
  • Ox-Head Village (2022)
    Ox-Head Village
  • The Graveyard Apartment
    • (directed by)
  • Homunculus (2021)
    Homunculus
  • Suicide Forest Village (2021)
    Suicide Forest Village
  • Howling Village (2019)
    Howling Village
  • Toei Presents HKT48 × 48 nin no eigakantoku tachi
  • Innocent Curse (2017)
    Innocent Curse
  • The Blue Hearts (2017)
    The Blue Hearts
  • A Rain Woman (2016)
    A Rain Woman
  • NightCry (2016)
    NightCry
  • Yo ni mo Kimyô na Monogatari: Eiga kantoku-hen (2015)
    Yo ni mo Kimyô na Monogatari: Eiga kantoku-hen
  • NightCry (2015)
    NightCry
  • Leslie Bibb, Amy Smart, Ryan Kwanten, and Jerry Ferrara in Flight 7500 (2014)
    Flight 7500
  • Kiki's Delivery Service (2014)
    Kiki's Delivery Service
  • Tormented (2011)
    Tormented

Writer

  • Ox-Head Village (2022)
    Ox-Head Village
  • The Graveyard Apartment
  • Homunculus (2021)
    Homunculus
  • Suicide Forest Village (2021)
    Suicide Forest Village
  • The Grudge (2020)
    The Grudge
  • Howling Village (2019)
    Howling Village
  • Innocent Curse (2017)
    Innocent Curse
  • Masanobu Andô, Misato Tanaka, Mizuki Yamamoto, Runa Endo, and Tina Tamashiro in Sadako vs. Kayako (2016)
    Sadako vs. Kayako
  • A Rain Woman (2016)
    A Rain Woman
  • Ju-on: The Final Curse (2015)
    Ju-on: The Final Curse
  • NightCry (2015)
    NightCry
  • Ju-on: The Beginning of the End (2014)
    Ju-on: The Beginning of the End
  • Kiki's Delivery Service (2014)
    Kiki's Delivery Service
  • Tormented (2011)
    Tormented
  • Soil

Producer

  • Kevin Dorman in Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)
    Resident Evil: Vendetta
  • The Grudge (2016)
    The Grudge
  • NightCry (2016)
    NightCry
  • Kataribe (2014)
    Kataribe
  • Rigor Mortis (2013)
    Rigor Mortis
  • Ju-on: White Ghost (2009)
    Ju-on: White Ghost
  • Ju-on: Black Ghost (2009)
    Ju-on: Black Ghost
  • Hijoshi zukan (2009)
    Hijoshi zukan
  • Aiko Horiuchi and Shimba Tsuchiya in The Grudge 3 (2009)
    The Grudge 3
  • All Night Long: Daredemo yokatta (2009)
    All Night Long: Daredemo yokatta
  • Hisashi Tenmyouya: Samurai Nouveau
  • Unholy Women (2006)
    Unholy Women
    • (segment Uketsugu mono)
  • Katsura Funakoshi: Whispering Gaze
  • Alter Ego (2002)
    Alter Ego

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The Shock Labyrinth
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The Shock Labyrinth

Personal details

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    • July 27, 1972
    • Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan
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    As of 2013, he had directed 4 movies of the "Ju-on" series. He also directed the first 2 films of "The Grudge" series and served as a producer on the third.
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    When I watch American horror films, what I'm going for is something we can't find in Japan. Bride of Chucky or Freddy vs. Jason. I love those two, and I really like Ronnie Yu's taste, because it's almost funny that I can laugh. Recently, all these horror movies are using those old horror heroes, they're starting to go for something funny, and I really like that movement. I actually couldn't watch any horror movies when I was little, and finally, I was able to see them when I was in junior high, and around that time, those Freddy type and Jason type [movies] were there. Since that was the first type of horror films that I got into, I really enjoy it still.

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