A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
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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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Yôji Tanaka | ... | Yûji Tôyama |
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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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Music by Hiroyuki Hamamoto
Lyrics by Kei Noguchi
Performed by Suitei Shôjo
Courtesy of Epic Records Japan
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Kagi ga akanaiMusic by Hiroyuki Hamamoto
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I saw the American remake before seeing "Ju On" and had mixed feelings about it. After seeing this original Japanese film, I can't really say that it is much better. Actually, I'd even say that the remake was more effective in terms of atmosphere. This original has the better story, and the audience isn't slapped in the face with a stupid "root" as they are in "The Grudge" (although, maybe that is fleshed out in the other "Ju On" movies, which I have not seen). The chronology play was interesting and fresh, but this is so important to the director, then there should have been more inclusion of time indicators. After awhile, the movie gets really boring--different people being haunted and attacked by the same ghosts in the same way, over and over again. I realize this is the point of the movie, but it doesn't make for a very entertaining time. My Rating: 6/10.