Ju-on: The Grudge
2002 · Movie · R · 92 min · ★ 6.8 · 52% critics
A caregiver visits an elderly woman in a home tied to a notorious tragedy and soon encounters an unsettling presence. As more people cross paths with the location, a relentless curse seems to spread from victim to victim, turning everyday spaces into sources of dread.
Also known as Ju-on
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Details
- Original title
- 呪怨
- Years
- 2002
- Release date
- 2002-10-18
- Language
- Japanese
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Critic score
- 52/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (949 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like Japanese ghost stories with a fragmented, vignette-style structure and creeping dread; Not for you if you want a clear, linear plot or constant big scares like in Reincarnation or When They Cry.
Pros: eerie atmosphere; memorable ghost moments; unsettling dread | Cons: confusing timeline; thin character focus; repetitive scares
Themes
- dying and death
- japan
- primal fear
- panic
- restart
- supernatural
- egomania
- remake
- occult
- j-horror
- ambiguous
Cast & crew
Megumi Okina
as Rika Nishina
Misa Uehara
as Izumi Toyama
Yoji Tanaka
as Yuji Toyama
Misaki Itō
as Hitomi Tokunaga
Kanji Tsuda
as Katsuya Tokunaga
Shuri Matsuda
as Kazumi Tokunaga
Kayoko Shibata
as Mariko
Yui Ichikawa
as Chiharu
Yukako Kukuri
as Miyuki
Takako Fuji
as Kayako Saeki
Directed by Takashi Shimizu