Back in 2019, Mari Asato's “Under Your Bed” made a splash in the festival circuit, with its extreme approach on the erotic thriller. Now, another adaptation of Kei Ohishi's homonymous novel comes to the fore, this time from Korea, although the director is a familiar Japanese, Sabu, in his first outing in the particular country.
*The review was based on a version of the film before post-production.
Ji-hoon is a young man who has been ignored by everyone since his schooldays, to the point that he decided to stay in the background, roaming his own world with a camera shooting from “behind the lines”. The only person who actually interacted with him, even calling him by his name, was the girl he was in love with in college, Ye-eun, although their one date ended up being completely unremarkable. For her at least, since Ji-hoon never actually forgot about her,...
*The review was based on a version of the film before post-production.
Ji-hoon is a young man who has been ignored by everyone since his schooldays, to the point that he decided to stay in the background, roaming his own world with a camera shooting from “behind the lines”. The only person who actually interacted with him, even calling him by his name, was the girl he was in love with in college, Ye-eun, although their one date ended up being completely unremarkable. For her at least, since Ji-hoon never actually forgot about her,...
- 12/15/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
J-Horror is among the most renowned internationally genres of Asian cinema, with the popularity of titles like “Ringu”, “Ju-on”, “Pulse” and so many others still echoing quite intensely. As such, it is quite interesting, even today, to shed a more thorough look to the roots, the motifs, and the reasons of success of these movies, also because some of the most central directors are still at large.
Check also this article Is J-Horror Coming Back? Six Movies that Suggest So
As such, I have to begin the review by stating that shooting this documentary seems like a colossal endeavor, both for arranging interviews with the likes of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu, Teruyoshi Ishii, Joji Iida, Masayuki Ochiai, Shinya Tsukamoto, and Mari Asato, and for tracking down Rie Ino'o, who played Sadako in the first two films, and Takako Fuji, who played Kayako in a number of entries of “Ju-on”. Add...
Check also this article Is J-Horror Coming Back? Six Movies that Suggest So
As such, I have to begin the review by stating that shooting this documentary seems like a colossal endeavor, both for arranging interviews with the likes of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Takashi Shimizu, Teruyoshi Ishii, Joji Iida, Masayuki Ochiai, Shinya Tsukamoto, and Mari Asato, and for tracking down Rie Ino'o, who played Sadako in the first two films, and Takako Fuji, who played Kayako in a number of entries of “Ju-on”. Add...
- 8/29/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
The Japanese horror boom of the late 1990s and early 2000s, spawned in large part by Hideo Nakata’s Ring, gets the spotlight in the upcoming documentary The J-Horror Virus.
Check out the trailer below, first shared by Fangoria earlier today.
From Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp, The J-Horror Virus is said to be a “feature-length documentary charting the origins, evolution and diffusion across the world of a distinctive brand of made-in-Japan supernatural chillers that seeped into the global consciousness at the turn of the millennium, films featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology again a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay.”
The synopsis continues, “From its origins in Teruyoshi Ishii’s 1988 fake documentary Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988) and Norio Tsuruta’s seminal Scary True Stories (1991/92) straight-to-video series, through such key titles as Hideo Nakata’s Ring (1998), Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse (2001) and Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-On: The Grudge...
Check out the trailer below, first shared by Fangoria earlier today.
From Sarah Appleton and Jasper Sharp, The J-Horror Virus is said to be a “feature-length documentary charting the origins, evolution and diffusion across the world of a distinctive brand of made-in-Japan supernatural chillers that seeped into the global consciousness at the turn of the millennium, films featuring vengeful ghosts manifesting themselves through contemporary technology again a backdrop of urban alienation and social decay.”
The synopsis continues, “From its origins in Teruyoshi Ishii’s 1988 fake documentary Psychic Vision: Jaganrei (1988) and Norio Tsuruta’s seminal Scary True Stories (1991/92) straight-to-video series, through such key titles as Hideo Nakata’s Ring (1998), Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Pulse (2001) and Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-On: The Grudge...
- 6/20/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Announced by Arrow Video this morning, Ju-On: The Grudge Collection is due out this December, featuring a brand new 4K restoration of Japanese classic Ju-On: The Grudge.
This one is a UK Release, headed our way on December 19, 2022.
“Ju-On”: the name given to a deadly curse spawned when someone dies in the grip of a violent rage. All who come into contact with it are doomed… Collected together for the first time, writer-director Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-On: The Grudge series represents the flesh-crawling pinnacle of Japanese chillers that swept the globe at the turn of the millennium.
The films introduce the anonymous family house in the suburbs of Tokyo where an unspeakable evil lingers alongside its residents, the ghastly mother-son pairing of Kayoko and Toshio Saeki. Shimizu’s disconcerting approach to plotting, unnerving eye for the uncanny details in the dark corners of the frame and an innate talent...
This one is a UK Release, headed our way on December 19, 2022.
“Ju-On”: the name given to a deadly curse spawned when someone dies in the grip of a violent rage. All who come into contact with it are doomed… Collected together for the first time, writer-director Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-On: The Grudge series represents the flesh-crawling pinnacle of Japanese chillers that swept the globe at the turn of the millennium.
The films introduce the anonymous family house in the suburbs of Tokyo where an unspeakable evil lingers alongside its residents, the ghastly mother-son pairing of Kayoko and Toshio Saeki. Shimizu’s disconcerting approach to plotting, unnerving eye for the uncanny details in the dark corners of the frame and an innate talent...
- 9/30/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Within the horror genre, still the most lasting effect any director wishes to create is a sense of dread which stays in the viewer’s mind long after the end credits have rolled. As effective horror clings onto our fears and nightmares, the greatest monsters are those we do not see and merely sense, an effect only few films can claim to have on their audience. Indeed one of the most simple, yet common fears has to do with being watched and observed in our every moment, during our most private and weakest moments, a concept movies as diverse as Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho” and Michael Powell’s “Peeping Tom” are founded on. Given her background in the genre, Japanese director Mari Asato is aware of the human fear of being observed, but also of being neglected and of no importance to the world around you, which is the foundation...
- 6/14/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
After the accidental death of her son, a young mother turns to black magic in order to resurrect him. However, because the ritual was not performed in time, the child comes back as a deformed monster craving human flesh. In an attempt to save him, the mother turns to her scientific knowledge and begins to hunt down children to transplant their parts on to her beloved Daio.
“The Boy From Hell” is screening at Slash Film Festival 2019
“The Boy From Hell” was originally a part of a limited TV series, which adapted works of the infamous Mangaka Hideshi Hino. Given the production was a TV release, fans of Japanese cinema, and especially low budget horror, will have some familiarity with the quality of these productions. This does not act as a deterrent, but rather a way to quickly summarize the overall quality. However, it is within these restraints that director...
“The Boy From Hell” is screening at Slash Film Festival 2019
“The Boy From Hell” was originally a part of a limited TV series, which adapted works of the infamous Mangaka Hideshi Hino. Given the production was a TV release, fans of Japanese cinema, and especially low budget horror, will have some familiarity with the quality of these productions. This does not act as a deterrent, but rather a way to quickly summarize the overall quality. However, it is within these restraints that director...
- 10/1/2019
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Leaff is back this year on the 24th of October until the 3rd of November, with a rich and articulated programme, including more than 60 titles from 11 countries East and Southeast Asia! Check out the titles now.
Opening Gala
Exit
Exit | Lee Sang Geun | Korea | 2019 | 103 mins
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Leaff Official Selection
Nina Wu
A Girl Missing | Koji Fukada | Japan | 2019 | 111 mins
The Wild Goose Lake | Diao Yinan | China | 2019 | 113 mins
Europe Raiders | Jingle Ma | Hong Kong | 2018 | 100 mins
To the Ends of the Earth | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan | 2019 | 120 mins
Balloon | Pema Tseden | China | 2019 | 102 mins
Rainbow’s Sunset | Joel Lamangan | Philippines | 2019 | 105 mins
Cities of Last Things | Ho Wi-ding | Taiwan | 2019 | 107 mins
Nina Wu | Midi Z | Taiwan | 2019 | 103 mins
The Pool | Ping Lumphapleng | Thailand | 2018 | 91 mins
Long Live the King | Kang Yun-sung | Korea | 2019 | 118 mins
The Science of Fictions | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia, Malaysia | 2019 | 106 mins
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Competition
Summer of Changsha
All About Ing | Huang Zi | China | 2019 | 110 mins
Another Child | Kim Yoon-seok | Korea | 2019 | 118 min
Deep...
Opening Gala
Exit
Exit | Lee Sang Geun | Korea | 2019 | 103 mins
_______________________
Leaff Official Selection
Nina Wu
A Girl Missing | Koji Fukada | Japan | 2019 | 111 mins
The Wild Goose Lake | Diao Yinan | China | 2019 | 113 mins
Europe Raiders | Jingle Ma | Hong Kong | 2018 | 100 mins
To the Ends of the Earth | Kiyoshi Kurosawa | Japan | 2019 | 120 mins
Balloon | Pema Tseden | China | 2019 | 102 mins
Rainbow’s Sunset | Joel Lamangan | Philippines | 2019 | 105 mins
Cities of Last Things | Ho Wi-ding | Taiwan | 2019 | 107 mins
Nina Wu | Midi Z | Taiwan | 2019 | 103 mins
The Pool | Ping Lumphapleng | Thailand | 2018 | 91 mins
Long Live the King | Kang Yun-sung | Korea | 2019 | 118 mins
The Science of Fictions | Yosep Anggi Noen | Indonesia, Malaysia | 2019 | 106 mins
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Competition
Summer of Changsha
All About Ing | Huang Zi | China | 2019 | 110 mins
Another Child | Kim Yoon-seok | Korea | 2019 | 118 min
Deep...
- 9/19/2019
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Halloween is coming to Montreal this summer, as the star-studded (both in front of and behind the camera) anthology horror film, Tales of Halloween, is scheduled to make its world premiere at the festival. JeruZalem, Turbo Kid, Deathgasm, and many more movies are also slated to screen:
Press Release -- "Montreal, May 6, 2015 – The 19th annual Fantasia International Film Festival is gearing up to rush Montreal with three weeks of cinematic inspiration and fantastical visions from across the world from July 14 until August 4, 2015.
Our complete lineup of programming and special events will be revealed in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, here’s an early First Wave Announcement of selected highlights and info to whet your appetite for the exciting things to come!
Unveiling Our 2015 Poster Art: Fantasia Continues Its Celebration Of Regional Folklore With The Wendigo
In recent editions, Fantasia has showcased poster art informed by various regional legends and myths,...
Press Release -- "Montreal, May 6, 2015 – The 19th annual Fantasia International Film Festival is gearing up to rush Montreal with three weeks of cinematic inspiration and fantastical visions from across the world from July 14 until August 4, 2015.
Our complete lineup of programming and special events will be revealed in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, here’s an early First Wave Announcement of selected highlights and info to whet your appetite for the exciting things to come!
Unveiling Our 2015 Poster Art: Fantasia Continues Its Celebration Of Regional Folklore With The Wendigo
In recent editions, Fantasia has showcased poster art informed by various regional legends and myths,...
- 5/6/2015
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
First wave of titles unveiled for 19th edition of Montreal’s genre film festival .
Keiichi Hara’s Miss Hokusai will receive its North American premiere as the opening film of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival (July 14-Aug 4).
Based on Hinako Suguira’s manga Sarusuberi, the film centres on the relationship between ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) artist Katsushika Hokusai and his talented daughter O-Ei.
Fantasia’s opening night will also see the Montreal premiere of Marvel Studios’ latest outing Ant-Man, directed by Peyton Reed.
The first wave of titles also includes the world premieres of horror omnibus Tales of Halloween, featuring segments directed by the likes of Darren Lynn Bousman, Neil Marshall and Lucky McKee, and Israeli duo Yoav & Doron Paz’s Jeruzalem which follows a group of American teenagers who find themselves inside their worst nightmare when they visit Jerusalem on Yom Kippur.
This year’s festival will also host the international premiere of Eiichiro Hasumi...
Keiichi Hara’s Miss Hokusai will receive its North American premiere as the opening film of this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival (July 14-Aug 4).
Based on Hinako Suguira’s manga Sarusuberi, the film centres on the relationship between ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) artist Katsushika Hokusai and his talented daughter O-Ei.
Fantasia’s opening night will also see the Montreal premiere of Marvel Studios’ latest outing Ant-Man, directed by Peyton Reed.
The first wave of titles also includes the world premieres of horror omnibus Tales of Halloween, featuring segments directed by the likes of Darren Lynn Bousman, Neil Marshall and Lucky McKee, and Israeli duo Yoav & Doron Paz’s Jeruzalem which follows a group of American teenagers who find themselves inside their worst nightmare when they visit Jerusalem on Yom Kippur.
This year’s festival will also host the international premiere of Eiichiro Hasumi...
- 5/6/2015
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
The Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, now in its 19th year, is one of our favorite festivals around and a fan favorite for Sound on Sight readers for several years now. This year’s festival runs July 14 to August 4, and the first wave of films on the lineup has just been revealed.
Marvel’s highly anticipated Ant-Man, with Paul Rudd, will be the opening night film, along with the Japanese animated film Miss Hokusai. Miss Hokusai comes from Production I.G., known for its other classics including A Letter to Momo and Giovanni’s Island.
Fantasia ’15 will also be home to several World Premieres, including Tales of Halloween, a collection of 10 short horror stories, and Jeruzalem, a horror film from Israeli directors and Tiff honorees Yoav and Doron Paz (Phobidilia).
The Canadian indie Turbo Kid, which we first caught up with at Sundance this year, will also be having its...
Marvel’s highly anticipated Ant-Man, with Paul Rudd, will be the opening night film, along with the Japanese animated film Miss Hokusai. Miss Hokusai comes from Production I.G., known for its other classics including A Letter to Momo and Giovanni’s Island.
Fantasia ’15 will also be home to several World Premieres, including Tales of Halloween, a collection of 10 short horror stories, and Jeruzalem, a horror film from Israeli directors and Tiff honorees Yoav and Doron Paz (Phobidilia).
The Canadian indie Turbo Kid, which we first caught up with at Sundance this year, will also be having its...
- 5/6/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
The festival’s 25th edition will feature a contribution from Ai Weiwei and competition titles including Whiplash, Nightcrawler and Foxcatcher.
The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 5-16) is to present its Achievement Award to Us actress Uma Thurman.
The Kill Bill star will will visit Stockholm to receive the prestigious Bronze Horse and meet the audience during an exclusive “Face2Face”.
Thurman will also take part in the inauguration ceremony, which will include the unveiling of an ice sculpture by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Weiwei was a Stockholm jury member last year but since he wasn’t allowed to leave China, he sent an empty chair named ”The Chair for Non-attendance” as symbol of his absence.
He is still not allowed to leave China so will send a design that will be portrayed in the form of a large ice sculpture symbolising this years’ Spotlight theme - Hope.
Brazil
The festival will focus this year on Brazil...
The Stockholm International Film Festival (Nov 5-16) is to present its Achievement Award to Us actress Uma Thurman.
The Kill Bill star will will visit Stockholm to receive the prestigious Bronze Horse and meet the audience during an exclusive “Face2Face”.
Thurman will also take part in the inauguration ceremony, which will include the unveiling of an ice sculpture by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei.
Weiwei was a Stockholm jury member last year but since he wasn’t allowed to leave China, he sent an empty chair named ”The Chair for Non-attendance” as symbol of his absence.
He is still not allowed to leave China so will send a design that will be portrayed in the form of a large ice sculpture symbolising this years’ Spotlight theme - Hope.
Brazil
The festival will focus this year on Brazil...
- 10/16/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
A new installment of J-horror series 'Ju-on: The Grudge' is heading our way. It's been 5 years since the Ryuta Miyake and Mari Asato helmed double feature 'Ju-on: White Ghost / Black Ghost' which celebrated the tenth anniversary in the series. 'Shutter' helmer Masayuki Ochiai will both write and direct 'Ju-on: Owari no Hajimari' (Aka 'The Grudge: Beginning of the End') and the movie is set for a theatrical release over in Japan from 28 June 2014. 'Owari no Hajimari' will mark the seventh chapter in the original Japanese series which also spawned an American remake and a further 2 sequels. Check out the plot synopsis below....
- 3/4/2014
- Horror Asylum
Director Mari Asato’s horror flick Bilocation is definitely shaping up to look like being one of the better scare flicks coming out of Japan in 2014, and the - ever so slightly macabre - theatrical poster certainly rounds off things nicely. It opens in Japan January 18th. Synopsis: Bilocation” is a supernatural phenomenon in which an individual appears in two different places at the same time, which has been reported historically worldwide. What if your alter ego exceeds your experience and ability? And what if he/she tries to prevent you from standing in the way of him/her? Can you accept it, or will you kill the other “you”? Bilocation depicts the nightmare of an alter ego that endangers not only your identity but also your very existence. It is an imaginative psychological thriller unlike anything you've ever seen. Bilocation trailer...
- 11/24/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
Well, can’t say we didn’t give you an early heads up to keep an eye out for this one, but as the movies not out until 2014, we will have a wait to go yet for more info. Japanese director Mari Asato - who has a fair few horror flicks under her belt including ‘Ju-on: Black Ghost,’ I’m Sorry’ and ‘X-Game,’ to name but a few - is working on a new scare flick titled Bilocation, and we’ve stumbled across some concept art for it. Plot wise it looks like we’re talking about possession by “beings” from a parallel dimension. They can always be troublesome! More when we get it.
- 3/14/2013
- 24framespersecond.net
Directed by: Yohei Fukuda
Written by: Mari Asato and Yoichi Minamikawa
Featuring: Hirofumi Araki, Ayaka Kikuchi, Haruka Nakagawa, Masashi Mikami
A group of 20-something adults including Hideaki (played by Hirofumi Araki) are kidnapped and placed inside a locked school room. Hands bound and in various states of coherency, they each quickly discover that they were all students at the same grade school years ago. It turns out that the four individuals also participated in, or were a witness to, the bullying of a female classmate named Mariko. Two hooded guards, armed with taser-like clubs, enter the room and force the group to watch a holographic video featuring their former grade school teacher. Under great duress, he explains to them that they have been gathered to participate in a version of a vicious grade school pastime called X Game.
The rules are simple: 13 different punishments are written on separate pieces of...
Written by: Mari Asato and Yoichi Minamikawa
Featuring: Hirofumi Araki, Ayaka Kikuchi, Haruka Nakagawa, Masashi Mikami
A group of 20-something adults including Hideaki (played by Hirofumi Araki) are kidnapped and placed inside a locked school room. Hands bound and in various states of coherency, they each quickly discover that they were all students at the same grade school years ago. It turns out that the four individuals also participated in, or were a witness to, the bullying of a female classmate named Mariko. Two hooded guards, armed with taser-like clubs, enter the room and force the group to watch a holographic video featuring their former grade school teacher. Under great duress, he explains to them that they have been gathered to participate in a version of a vicious grade school pastime called X Game.
The rules are simple: 13 different punishments are written on separate pieces of...
- 1/10/2013
- by Bradley Harding
- Planet Fury
The Japanese pop culture blog Gigazine has posted individual trailers for the trilogy of "Real Onigokko" movies being released in Japan this May.
All three movies are directed by Mari Asato (Ju-on: Black Ghost, Keitai Kanojo) and their events take place at the same time in different locations.
The Real Onigokko franchise is based on a novel by Yusuke Yamada about a parallel world where everyone with the last name "Sato" is hunted by masked men for some mysterious reason. "Onigokko" is the Japanese equivalent of the children's game "tag". The person designated "oni" (demon) tries to catch any of the other players. Appropriately, these movies generally stick to the basic theme of people being chased. Fighting back is rarely an option due to the single-minded determination of the "oni", so survivors end up running for their lives in a series of nonstop action scenes. In a similar vein to Battle Royale,...
All three movies are directed by Mari Asato (Ju-on: Black Ghost, Keitai Kanojo) and their events take place at the same time in different locations.
The Real Onigokko franchise is based on a novel by Yusuke Yamada about a parallel world where everyone with the last name "Sato" is hunted by masked men for some mysterious reason. "Onigokko" is the Japanese equivalent of the children's game "tag". The person designated "oni" (demon) tries to catch any of the other players. Appropriately, these movies generally stick to the basic theme of people being chased. Fighting back is rarely an option due to the single-minded determination of the "oni", so survivors end up running for their lives in a series of nonstop action scenes. In a similar vein to Battle Royale,...
- 4/7/2012
- Nippon Cinema
Your Weekly Source for the Newest Releases to Blu-Ray Tuesday, May 15th, 2011
This special Sunday addendum features a handful of new double feature releases…
Children Of The Corn V: Fields Of Terror / Children Of The Corn 666: Isaac’S Return From Dusk Till Dawn / From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers / Halloween: H2O Hellraiser: Bloodline / Hellraiser IV: Inferno My Bosses Daughter / Duplex Supercop / Twin Dragons The Yards / The Lookout Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 Eddie Murphy stars in the cop comedy Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Will Canon directs the intense frat drama Brotherhood (2010) John Wayne stars in The Comancheros: 50th Anniversary Edition (1961) Kat Dennings stars in Daydream Nation (2010) Dario Argento directs Deep Red (1975) Henri-Georges Clouzot’s suspenseful masterpiece Diabolique: Criterion Collection (1954) Kevin Bacon & Djimon Hounsou star in Elephant White (2011) Dragon Dynasty presents The Five Deadly Venoms (1978) Paul Newman & Jackie Gleason star in...
This special Sunday addendum features a handful of new double feature releases…
Children Of The Corn V: Fields Of Terror / Children Of The Corn 666: Isaac’S Return From Dusk Till Dawn / From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers / Halloween: H2O Hellraiser: Bloodline / Hellraiser IV: Inferno My Bosses Daughter / Duplex Supercop / Twin Dragons The Yards / The Lookout Tuesday, May 17th, 2011 Eddie Murphy stars in the cop comedy Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Will Canon directs the intense frat drama Brotherhood (2010) John Wayne stars in The Comancheros: 50th Anniversary Edition (1961) Kat Dennings stars in Daydream Nation (2010) Dario Argento directs Deep Red (1975) Henri-Georges Clouzot’s suspenseful masterpiece Diabolique: Criterion Collection (1954) Kevin Bacon & Djimon Hounsou star in Elephant White (2011) Dragon Dynasty presents The Five Deadly Venoms (1978) Paul Newman & Jackie Gleason star in...
- 5/16/2011
- by Travis Keune
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Well Go USA will release the two latest Japanese horror films to bear the Ju-on name series in a two-movie package. Ju-On: White Ghost / Black Ghost—consisting of the 2009 films The Grudge: Old Lady in White and The Grudge: Girl in Black—will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on May 17.
There's more J-horror lurking on the horizon in Ju-on: White Ghost/Black Ghost.
The two movies are not official sequels to the Takashi Shimizu’s original Ju-on films from the early 2000s (which launched the J-horror craze and a slew of American remakes in the U.S., which has since settled down a bit). Still, they both look to be pretty creepy and complete with the ghostly, scary-as-hell images of long-haired children that frightened the hell out of us when we first saw the films years ago.
Here are some quick synopses of the two films:
Ju-on: White Ghost...
There's more J-horror lurking on the horizon in Ju-on: White Ghost/Black Ghost.
The two movies are not official sequels to the Takashi Shimizu’s original Ju-on films from the early 2000s (which launched the J-horror craze and a slew of American remakes in the U.S., which has since settled down a bit). Still, they both look to be pretty creepy and complete with the ghostly, scary-as-hell images of long-haired children that frightened the hell out of us when we first saw the films years ago.
Here are some quick synopses of the two films:
Ju-on: White Ghost...
- 4/11/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
The official website for the upcoming original video horror/drama release Keitai Kanojo has been updated with a trailer. The Ov was directed by Mari Asato (The Grudge: Girl in Black ) and stars Airi Suzuki of the J-pop unit °C-ute.
As previously reported by Tokyograph, this is based on a cell phone novel of the same name and is a follow-up to Keitai Kareshi, which was turned into a movie starring Umika Kawashima in 2009.
The sequel is set six months after the events of the first film. A cell phone dating simulation game called “Keitai Kanojo” has picked up where “Keitai Kareshi” left off and the image of a girl named Erika (played by Gravure Japan 2010 winner Seika Taketomi) is discovered on the cell phone of a man who dies violently. Suzuki plays a high school student who’s also named Erika and happens to look like the girl on the phone.
As previously reported by Tokyograph, this is based on a cell phone novel of the same name and is a follow-up to Keitai Kareshi, which was turned into a movie starring Umika Kawashima in 2009.
The sequel is set six months after the events of the first film. A cell phone dating simulation game called “Keitai Kanojo” has picked up where “Keitai Kareshi” left off and the image of a girl named Erika (played by Gravure Japan 2010 winner Seika Taketomi) is discovered on the cell phone of a man who dies violently. Suzuki plays a high school student who’s also named Erika and happens to look like the girl on the phone.
- 3/4/2011
- Nippon Cinema
Well Go USA is releasing Ju-On: Black/White on DVD and Blu-Ray May 17. The release will include two titles: The Grudge: The Old Lady in White and The Grudge: Girl in Black (are they really calling these "The Grudge" to confuse matters with the U.S. series?). You'll find plot details and a trailer below! Chapter one, written and directed by Ryuta Miyake, stars Akina Minami as a high girl with a 6th sense named Akane who starts having disturbing visions of a childhood best friend who recently died in a family murder-suicide. Chapter two, written and directed by Mari Asato, stars Ai Kago as a nurse named Yuko who cares for a young girl who has a strange cyst inside her body. The cyst turns out to be the leftover grudge of an unborn baby and begins to spread to the...
- 2/23/2011
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The latest instalments in one of the most successful J-horror series of all time is heading to the UK, with the news that the newest in the The Grudge series; “Ju-On: White Ghost “ and ”Ju-On: Black Ghost” are set for release there on DVD, via 4Digital Asia. This double bill of cursed retribution and horror was directed by Ryuta Miyake and Mari Asato respectively, and whilst the mastermind of the original Ju-on series Takashi Shimizu wasn’t directly involved in the filming, he apparently supervised the production of both. Two Grudges for the price of one, are released on April 19th. Ju-on: White Ghost. A son brutally and methodically murders all five of his family members after failing the bar exam. He then hangs himself. At the moment of his death, he made a cassette tape recording in which he can be heard saying “I'll go, I'll go soon.
- 3/17/2010
- 24framespersecond.net
[Updated with second - very slightly expanded - teaser.]
It’s hard to believe it was just ten years ago that the first installment of Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-On franchise hit the scene with the first of the straight-to-video entries arriving. Both Shimizu himself and the franchise in general have proven prolific, Ju-On to date spanning two Japanese straight-to-video installments, two Japanese theatrical installments and two American installments as The Grudge films. And what to do for the tenth anniversary? Make more. Lots more.
Not counting the video game entry into the franchise - also coming as part of the anniversary - there are two new feature length installments in the works - both of which are due to release on June 27th. Ju-On: Shiroi Roujo - directed by Ryuta Miyake - and Ju-On: Kuroi Shoujo - directed by Mari Asato - are the new installments, both of them supervised by Shimizu and original producer Taka Ichise.
It’s hard to believe it was just ten years ago that the first installment of Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-On franchise hit the scene with the first of the straight-to-video entries arriving. Both Shimizu himself and the franchise in general have proven prolific, Ju-On to date spanning two Japanese straight-to-video installments, two Japanese theatrical installments and two American installments as The Grudge films. And what to do for the tenth anniversary? Make more. Lots more.
Not counting the video game entry into the franchise - also coming as part of the anniversary - there are two new feature length installments in the works - both of which are due to release on June 27th. Ju-On: Shiroi Roujo - directed by Ryuta Miyake - and Ju-On: Kuroi Shoujo - directed by Mari Asato - are the new installments, both of them supervised by Shimizu and original producer Taka Ichise.
- 6/5/2009
- by Todd Brown
- Screen Anarchy
The Ju-on series is one that just refuses to die. We previously had a look at the combo trailer for the two new entries in the franchise, Ju-on: Shiroi Roujo and Ju-on: Kuroi Shojo, and now a new version has hit the Net.
Nippon Cinema pointed us toward the Toei Channel for the recut trailers, which have subtle differences with what was released previously. Nippon also provided more detailed synopses for the films:
Ju-on: Shiroi Roujo, written and directed by Ryuta Miyake, stars Akina Minami as a high school girl with a sixth sense named Akane, who starts having disturbing visions of a childhood best friend who recently died in a family murder-suicide.
Ju-on: Kuroi Shojo, written and directed by Mari Asato, stars Ai Kago as a nurse named Yuko who cares for a young girl who has a strange cyst inside her body. The cyst turns out to be...
Nippon Cinema pointed us toward the Toei Channel for the recut trailers, which have subtle differences with what was released previously. Nippon also provided more detailed synopses for the films:
Ju-on: Shiroi Roujo, written and directed by Ryuta Miyake, stars Akina Minami as a high school girl with a sixth sense named Akane, who starts having disturbing visions of a childhood best friend who recently died in a family murder-suicide.
Ju-on: Kuroi Shojo, written and directed by Mari Asato, stars Ai Kago as a nurse named Yuko who cares for a young girl who has a strange cyst inside her body. The cyst turns out to be...
- 6/4/2009
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Word surfaced last month that two new Ju-On entries were forthcoming. Sooner than expected, in fact. They both hit Japan on June 27th and some more plot details have surfaced. Ju-on: Shiroi Roujo , written and directed by Ryuta Miyake, stars Akina Minami as a high girl with a 6th sense named Akane who starts having disturbing visions of a childhood best friend who recently died in a family murder-suicide. Ju-on: Kuroi Shojo , written and directed by Mari Asato, stars Ai Kago as a nurse named Yuko who cares for a young girl who has a strange cyst inside her body. The cyst turns out to be the leftover grudge of an unborn baby and begins to spread to the people around them, driving them mad. Here's a new trailer...
- 6/4/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
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