A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
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Takashi ShimizuWriter:
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| Megumi Okina | ... | Rika Nishina | |
| Misaki Itô | ... | Hitomi Tokunaga | |
| Misa Uehara | ... | Izumi Tôyama | |
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Yui Ichikawa | ... | Chiharu |
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Kanji Tsuda | ... | Katsuya Tokunaga |
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Yukako Kukuri | ... | Miyuki |
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Hideo Sakaki | ... | Fukushi Sentâ Jimuin |
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Takashi Matsuyama | ... | Takeo Saeki |
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Yuya Ozeki | ... | Toshio |
| Takako Fuji | ... | Kayako | |
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Chikara Ishikura | ... | Hirohashi |
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In Japan, when the volunteer social assistant Rika Nishina is assigned to visit a family, she is cursed and chased by two revengeful fiends: Kayako, a woman brutally murdered by her husband and her son Toshio. Each person that lives in or visits the haunted house is murdered or disappears. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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25 January 2003 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
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Nerima, Tokyo, JapanEdit
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Music by Hiroyuki Hamamoto
Lyrics by Kei Noguchi
Performed by Suitei Shôjo
Courtesy of Epic Records Japan
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It took 2 hours to apply the white makeup to Takako Fuji and Yuya Ozeki in order for them to play their ghostly incarnations of their characters. See more »Goofs
(at around 1h 14 mins) When Rika's in the shower, she has a lot of shampoo in her hair. Yet right before Kayako's hand appears, the shampoo vanishes. See more »Soundtracks
Kagi ga akanaiMusic by Hiroyuki Hamamoto
Lyrics by Kei Noguchi
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Before the film started, I read some quotes from famous American directors praising the Grudge and calling it one of the most frightening films of all time. I was a little nervous about seeing it, but excited that it had gotten such positive attention from filmmakers. That moment before the film started was much more frightening than anything in the actual film. To be generous, I have to say that some of the attempts to scare the audience are innovative. Sadly, nothing here is scary. I had a really hard time caring and was confused by the disjointed and tangential structure of the film. Sometimes the lack of logic in a horror film can work it's benefit. Not the case here. Seeing this film reminded me of why I hate formulaic slasher films. sure, there are some interesting things here, but nothing really gells. I love Asian horror films in general, but this seemed slight compared to the films of Miike, Nakata, K. Kurosawa and the Pang brothers which are getting easier to find in neighborhood video stores.