The J-Horror Virus
How did a single ‘Big in Japan’ videotape change the course of global horror history? Find out in this insightful documentary charting the origins, evolution and diffusion across the world of a distinctive brand of Japanese supernatural chillers featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology against a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay. From Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988) and straight-to-video scary true stories to such key titles as Ring (1998), Pulse (2001) and The Grudge (2002), critics and filmmakers reflect on how the bleak Dystopian visions and unsettling atmospheres infiltrated their way into the world’s shocker consciousness.
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Takako Fuji
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Takako Fuji (藤 貴子, Fuji Takako, July 27, 1972) is a Japanese actress and voice actress (seiyū) from Tokyo. She is 165 cm tall. She is affiliated with Engeki Shuudan En (Theater Group En). Her most representative role to this date is that of Kayako Saeki, the vengeful ghost in the Japanese Ju-on series, a role that she also played in the remakes for the American audience The Grudge and The Grudge 2. She is mainly active on-stage and as a voice actress, but occasionally also appears in films.
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George Iida
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George Iida (飯田 譲治) is a Japanese film and television director, screenwriter, manga author, and novelist.
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Teruyoshi Ishii
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Masayuki Ochiai
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Masayuki Ochiai is a Japanese film director, mostly famous for Kansen and Saimin. Description above from the Wikipedia article Masayuki Ochiai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Takashi Shimizu
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Takashi Shimizu (born 27 July 1972 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese film director, best known for the Ju-on series of horror films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Takashi Shimizu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Hiroshi Takahashi
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Shinya Tsukamoto
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Shinya Tsukamoto is a Japanese film director and actor with a considerable cult following both domestically and abroad.
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Movie Details
Production Info
- Director:
- Sarah Appleton
- Production:
- Caprisar Productions
Key Crew
- Producer:
- Sarah Appleton
Locations and Languages
- Country:
- JP; GB
- Filming:
- JP; GB
- Languages:
- en