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One of the first major Japanese horror films was Onibaba (1964), directed by Kaneto Shindo. [10] The film is categorized as a historical horror drama where a woman and her mother-in-law attempt to survive during a civil war. [10] Like many early Japanese horror films, elements are drawn largely from traditional Kabuki and Noh theater. [9]
Mari Asato (安里 麻里, Asato Mari, born 14 March 1976) is a Japanese film director.. Primarily known for the film Ju-On: Black Ghost (2009), part of The Grudge film installments, her other films include the politically undertoned Samurai Chicks (Dokuritsu Shôjo Gurentai) (2004), the cinematic rendition of Boy From Hell (2004), Twilight Syndrome: Dead Go Round (2008), Ring of Curse (2011 ...
Ju-On: The Grudge is a 2002 Japanese supernatural horror film written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. It is the third installment in the Ju-On series and the first to be released theatrically (the first two being direct-to-video productions). It stars Megumi Okina, Misaki Ito, Takashi Matsuyama and Yui Ichikawa.
Tomie (富江) is a Japanese horror film series based on Junji Ito's manga of the same name.The series consists of nine installments to date. The series focuses on the titular Tomie Kawakami, a beautiful young girl identified by a mole under her left eye, who drives her stricken admirers to madness, often resulting in her own death.
Shizuka's maiden name is Oda (小田) and she is the one of the three daughters born to Toru (徹, Tōru) and Setsuko Oda (小田 節子, Oda Setsuko), who live in Ashikaga. Her sisters are Yoshimi (良美), who has a daughter named Tomoko, and Kazuko (紀子), who has a son named Kenichi. Tomoko is one of the first victims of the cursed tape ...
The Movie Book describes Sadako as influencing the whole Japanese horror genre, making the mythological image of the yurei popular in film. [9] British film critic Mark Kermode lists Sadako's iconic crawl out of a television set as his seventh scariest moment from the horror film genre. [10]
Ring (リング, Ringu) is a 1998 Japanese supernatural psychological horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and written by Hiroshi Takahashi, based on the 1991 novel by Koji Suzuki. The film stars Nanako Matsushima , Miki Nakatani , and Hiroyuki Sanada , and follows a reporter who is racing to investigate the mystery behind a cursed video tape ...