Ju-on (2000)
AKA: Ju-on: The Curse
Film details
View on IMDb ↗CastYûrei Yanagi, Yue, Ryôta Koyama, Hitomi Miwa, Asumi Miwa, Yumi Yoshiyuki, Kazushi Andô, Chiaki Kuriyama, Yoriko Dôguchi, Jun'ichi Kiuchi
KeywordsJ-Horror, Haunted House, Hyperlink Cinema, Mystery
Review
"So this is where it all began. Sort of. In 1998, recommended by Kiyoshi Kurosawa to write and direct one or more of the segments for the Kansai TV horror film anthology "Gakko no Kaidan G", Takashi Shimizu introduced Japanese audiences to Toshio and Kayako Saeki... If a film can cause a reaction without needing to rely on exposition or narrative, then you know that visually it's doing something right. And Shimizu has the power to do that. There aren't many directors that are able to create such a feeling through the use of lighting, composition and montage, I'd say Kiyoshi Kurosawa and Hideo Nakata are the only others who can do this effectively, but Shimizu is in the league of these greats. "Ju-on" is not the perfect horror film. It's a little rough around the edges, but it's the start of a style that Shimizu would perfect, and that's something beautiful." - Matthew Hardstaff, J-Film Pow-Wow
Ranking history
The 1,000 Greatest Horror Films
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The 21st Century’s Greatest Horror Films
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