Running Time 92 Min
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Following in the footsteps of The Ring cycle, the Ju-On series of horror films has taken Japan by the throat. According to this movie, the title refers to a curse placed upon a house where violence occurred. Sure enough, we see a string of unhappy encounters in a seemingly ordinary home, where ghosts have settled in the aftermath of murder. Director Takashi Shimizu (who also directed the Hollywood remake, The Grudge) constructs the picture out of separate fragments, not told in chronological order; the haunted house is the main character, not any one of the unsuspecting human characters. Cult mavens might suggest that Shimizu uses devices and images that have already worked well in films by Hideo Nakata and Kiyoshi Kurosawa--the Japanese horror film does have its conventions. But none of that matters if you're watching this movie alone at home on a dark night. Click, click, click.... --Robert Horton
Customer Reviews:
One Of The First Great J-Horror Movies.......2007-08-07
I'm sure by now most people have heard of the american version of this movie the 'Grudge and Grudge 2' but these version are what the true horror of the movies should have been about in the japanese version you felt sad when one of the characters was taken by the curse and I know that I wanted a few of them to get through it alive unlike the american ones I couldn't care less if any of those people got it and I was rooting for the grudge to take care of Sarah Michelle Gellar I definitely liked what happened to her in the early start of Grudge 2 so I say if you're choosing between this or the Grudge go for the better version THIS ONE
*Meow* . . . Toshio? . . . Is that you? .......2007-02-15
American Horror cinema has been in hibernation for too many years (or am I alone in thinking this?!) . . . and while we await a resurgence in original American horror, we give thanks for Asian Horror (note the word "original" because I have little interest in seeing remakes of "Texas Chain Saw," "Black Christmas," and "Halloween" . . . ohhhh yeah, just in case you didn't know, Rob Zombie is remaking Carpenter's "Halloween." Grrreeeaaatt.)
But let's face it . . . Asian Horror accomplishes what American Horror rarely does (even the best of it) . . . it gives its audience "the creeps." It exploits every iota of the uncanny . . . leaving its audience a sweating, quivering wreck. Nonetheless, often times, you will find a delayed reaction to these films . . . you'll be driving home from work and instantly feel a cold shiver . . . "Toshio? Is that you?" Or worse, they appear in our nightmares . . . "Toshio? Is that you, again?" They work on a VERY deep, VERY subconscious level. Understand, there are rarely the "cheap thrills" that you find in American Horror, rarely the predictable scares . . . instead, the tension in these works builds to a skin-crawling crescendo. And Ju-On certainly is the quintessential example. (This film will show you why hiding under your covers is a VERY bad idea!!)
The approach to Ju-On is rather surprising. It is a series of interconnected vignettes (think "Pulp Fiction"). And while this is initially confusing (especially if you experienced the American remake), it is a valuable approach . . . so, be patient. And if you do not understand everything the first time through, that's perfectly normal;) Many people enjoy multiple watches . . . enjoy unraveling its layers of mystery!
Ju-On falls into the sub-genre of "Haunted House" . . . but not in the cheesy "Amityville Horror" way (which I actually love), but in a "Ummm, someone should burn down that house NOW" way. Trust me, you will never, EVER think of your attic in the same again!!
As a final note about this film, take time to listen to the audio commentary reel . . . it is Sam Raimi!! If anyone has ever given America genuinely original horror, it is Sam Raimi (and Romero, but I digress!!)
So, do not sit around waiting for the next great American horror film . . . I do not believe it is not coming anytime soon. Instead, watch Ju-On. And then watch Ringu, and Honogurai Mizu No Soko Kara (the original "Dark Water"), and Marebito, and Audition . . . you get the picture;)
Suggested Reading: McRoy, Jay. "Cinematic Hybridity in Shimizu Takashi's Ju-On: The Grudge." Japanese Horror Cinema. Ed. Jay McRoy. Honolulu: U of Hawaii P, 2005. 175-184.
Great but sometimes hard to follow.......2007-01-14
I personally loved Ju-on. This is the original movie that the american "Grudge" was based on. If you saw the american version it follows the original pretty well with a mix of america's sequal. It's in japanese and english dub. The only problem with this movie is that I can be hard to follow because you don't have a strict time line. You find yourself skipping around through characters and ultimately in a time warp. Sometimes you see what is happening now and in the past at the same time and you're not quite sure what is real. Other than that the movie is wonerful a suspense that is definately worth watching!
A Flawed But Worthy, And Occasionally Frightening, Dark Ghost Tale.......2007-01-10
Several years ago, two made-for-tv movies were released in Japan - "Ju-On: The Curse 1" and "Ju-On: The Curse 2". Extremely well received, they spawned the theatrical movie "Ju-On: The Grudge", constructed so that it could be viewed either as a remake or as a sequel to the two earlier efforts (with the two "Ju-On Curse" movies being the only Ju-Ons I've yet to see, I can only speculate as to how the connections go, but that's the story anyway). The theatrical movie would go on to spawn a Japanese sequel (with a third entry reportedly in the works), plus an American remake and its sequel (which is actually totally unconnected to the Japanese "Ju-On: The Grudge 2").
The basic premise, apparantly based on real legends from Japanese folklore, is this: when a person dies unnaturally, in the grips of powerful emotions like rage, they sometimes fail to pass on to the afterlife but instead become a 'Ju-On', a restless, violent spirit bent on havoc. Those who die at the hands of one of these Ju-Ons become new Ju-Ons themselves, and the curse spreads in this way. In this movie, a young Japanese health-care worker who makes rounds to different homes to care for the infirm, has as one of her patients an elderly woman who has recently moved with her family into a new home. Unfortunately for all, this home is inhabited by Ju-On spirits.
It's a great premise, with wonderfully bizarre visually imagery and some genuine frights, including the unearthly, absolutely creepy sounds that emanate from the Ju-On ghosts. Unfortunately, a lot of the movie doesn't make sense. It's not the Ju-Ons themselves - I love horror movies where a rational explanation for the supernatural phenomena is never uncovered; it often adds to the atmosphere of mystery, eerieness and fright. It also wasn't the unusual way the story was told, flashing through different time periods; it was a little bit hard to follow (perhaps more so than it should have been given the cryptic, attention-demanding nature of the few other movies that have used a non-linear story like this but remained fully comprehensible; perhaps it would have worked better if I'd gotten to see the two "Ju-On Curse" movies first) but it was innovative and allowed the film to follow some really unexpected paths. The parts that I just couldn't figure out involve the human characters.
For example, early in the movie the home health care worker is shocked to discover a strange, silent little boy locked up behind some boards in a room upstairs. She immediately rushes to the phone to report this, but (though the scene itself doesn't last this long) one gets the impression she leaves him alone up there for about twenty minutes while talking to the authorities on the phone, and then fretting about what to do next. Wouldn't any remotely rational person have tried not to leave the kid alone for any longer than absolutely essential, and try to talk to him and see if he's alright, try and get him to tell them who did this? There are a couple of other examples of this level of illogical behavior from different characters later in the movie (I don't want to get too specific there; I used the example I did because it happens so early in the movie) so it can't be attributed to one character just being overcome by shock and therefore acting in an unwise way - almost everybody seems to act in implausible ways. In the case of one example later in the movie, I've heard it suggested that it may be a cultural thing - that people in different parts of the world would react differently. I don't think I can fully accept that explanation - react differently to certain things, maybe, but everybody consistently reacting in ways to seem to defy all common sense and all credibility (the reactions of the characters in 1981's "Madman" look believable compared to some of the behaviors in here)? Besides, I've never found that problem of repeated implausibility in any other Japanese movies I've seen. Just using horror as an example, "Audition", "Infection" and "Ringu", to name a few, all made sense.
Credit where it's due: despite these flaws, the characters somehow stay interesting and even likable. It's just that these strengths could have been so much more effective without the contrasting flaws.
Production-wise, "Ju-On: The Grudge" looks and sounds beautiful, as is par for the course with most Japanese productions. The country's filmmakers as a whole seem to take the importance of things like lighting, cinematography, sound, etc., very seriously, and the results are impressive. The acting is high caliber, although again, I have to wonder how much more impressive it could have been if not for the character implausibilities.
Overall, the movie is still worth seeing for its own sake, but it's especially reccommended for one reason: it leads right into "Ju-On 2", which is a tremendous movie. And one probably should see this one first, even though it and the American remake are extremely close. "Ju-On: The Grudge" is a good movie in spite of its shortcomings, it's just not anywhere near the cream-of-the-crop in the rich field of Asian horror.
Ju-On the GREAT.......2007-01-04
I loved The Grudge...until I watched Ju-On! Now I am hooked on the Asian version...and the Asian counterparts of all English version films. After watching Ju-On, I decided to start watching all the other Asian versions of horror/thriller movies that I liked in English. The Asian versions are SO much better!
If you like The Grudge, do yourself a BIG favor and buy Ju-On. You will not be disappointed.
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Ju-On 2
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Takashi Shimizu's inexhaustible obsession with the Ju-on franchise finds a creepy outlet in Ju-on 2, which by most accounts is actually the fourth Japanese feature in the bunch. It returns to the style and structure that made Ju-on: The Grudge such an unnerving experience: the child demon with the blue face, the clicking/croaking that accompanies the appearances of the female ghost, the chockablock chronology that treats each haunting as a jigsaw piece to fit together into the whole. The plot follows an actress (Noriko Sakai), known as the "horror queen" of movies, as she deals with the repercussions of a car accident in which she loses her pregnancy. Or does she? Pregnant or not, the idea of going with a small film crew to the very haunted house where the unpleasantness of the original took place is probably not a healthy idea. Some of the scares still work just fine if you're watching this movie with the lights out, but the feeling of discovery, in the wake of the original Ju-on, the Ring films, and the Hollywood sequels, has definitely worn off by now. Thus the unshakable feeling that Shimizu is going through the paces with this one, rather than expanding on a pretty nifty original idea. --Robert Horton
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eh i dunno.......2007-09-15
Not as good as I thought it was. The first JU-ON is an original, this one reminds me so much of the american remake. This is worth a watch, but not a buy, I feel i kind of wasted my money on it, but whatever. Rent it, if you like it enough, buy it.
Better than The Grudge.......2007-08-31
If you are tired of the American rip-offs of Asian horror movies, or not sure of the difference. This is the movie to make it perfectly clear...as is Preminition! I absolutely horror movies and no one does it better Ashikawa! Hope you enjoy this and Ju-On 1 as much as I do.
Little Boy Blue.......2007-08-21
Japan is not a place that calls for great originality in cinema. After all, this is the country that made 26 films in the Zatoichi series and 48 in the Tora san series, all with the same actors and essentially the same plot. Even with the phenomena of what is usually called J-Horror, most Western audiences don't realize that this is nothing new or ground-breaking, but that they have only just discovered a cinematic style and tradition that has been going on virtually unchanged for decades. The classic ghost story "Yotsuya Kaidan" has something like 20 or so versions filmed, with new ones still coming out, and Japanese audiences aren't bored yet.
By this measure, I'm not sure if Takashi Shimizu needs to either be praised or shamed. He keeps banging out different versions of his horror series Ju-On, and while he has never matched the intensity and terror of his original vision, he hasn't made a real stinker either. He just does what a traditional Japanese filmmaker does, and keeps producing variations on a theme.
This version, "Ju-On 2", actually the 4th film in the series which makes it even more confusing, is only bad by comparison. I have gotten a little too used to Toshio and Kayako, and their simple appearance is not enough to creep me out and get me looking over my shoulder anymore. Shimizu does drive the plot a bit more in this one, giving the ghostly Kayako more motivation than just simple vengeance, trying to make her into more of a character than a costume and a creepy sound effect. However, the emphasis on plot is ultimately the weak point. The horror of the Ju-On films is the absolute lack of motivation on the part of the vengeful ghosts. They kill, because that is all they know how to do. Giving them desires, objectives...it somehow makes them less scary, and a bit too human.
Some of the ghostly devices come out more comical that terrifying. I don't care how you light it and what music you use, a ghostly wig is just not going to cut it. I think Shimizu can still make something of the Ju-On series, but he needs to remember what worked in the first place. Toshio cannot come out in the daytime and play soccer, even if he is only using his head. Stick to the dark corners of the house, the closets and the mirrors. That's where the ghosts should hide.
Go along for the creepy ride...........2007-04-12
A lot of people tend to over analize the J-horror films and forget to let themselves be entertained. Just let yourself enjoy it and you will be creeped out.
It is a hard film to follow,and I think it's because it is subtitled, but it's just as satisfying as Juon 1. A scene I found particularly creepy was a guy is hung by the croaking hair of the lady ghost. What got me was his feet hitting the wall...tapping...it got under my skin!
Sometimes the horror does seem a fraction contrived and alittle over-the-top for the context of this movie, but it's still all good.
Anyways, just let yourself be entertained. The Juon series seems to be the better of the current J-horror on the market today.
What the hell happened?.......2007-04-12
The Grudge series is one that has been ongoing for quite some time now, beginning with an extremely low-budget and nearly plotless television miniseries known as "Ju-On: The Curse". It was a bizarre and creepy little concoction that was quite good and served as a protype or test run for what I consider to be the scariest ghost story ever told "Ju-On: The Grudge". That film ws mercilessly creepy and had me looking over my shoulder at the darkness surrounding me even as I watched it. It got under my skin like no film had in years and I loved it. The American remake was a promising idea, with the same director reprising his role, but it was awful. My wife, sister, and I literally laughed through the climax in the theater and ridiculed the film mercilessly all the way home. But when I saw a Japanese sequel was being released, I perked up, remembering the brilliance of the first film. Dear God, do I hate this movie. First and foremost, there is nothing scary about a haunted wig. I know that japanese filmmakers seem to think nothing in the world is as terrifying as cartoonishly long black hair, but I'm sure even they should know that the terror doesn't transfer to self-mobile wigs. And then there's the haunted bootyprint. You read that right, a wet bootyprint that is haunted. The notion that a filmmaker thought these device would be good is much scarier than the application of these devices ever could be. And then there's that horrible sequence where a soccer ball turns into little ghostboy Toshio's head and frightens a girl to literal death. The unintentionsl laughs keep on coming. Picture this: a woman is in a hospital, legs locked in stirups giving birth. You with me? The woman is pushing and the baby is on the way and suddenly the lights go out and the doctors hear the horrible strangled croak that means mama ghost is here. Can you guess where it is she emerges from? In horror films there is good disgusting and bad disgusting; there is nothing at all good about watching a fully grown corpse climb out of a woman's.....area. These scenes alone could kill any movie, but the bad keeps on coming. The overly convoluted out-of-sequence storytelling tries so hard to be as cool as "Pulp Fiction" and other such films but only succeeds if the goal was giving me a headache and proving that this is a storytelling device that should only be used by trained professionals. I watched the film again, hoping to sort out the details of what the hell I had just watched, hoping that there was a good film in there somewhere that I missed the first time and only got angrier that I had now wasted twice as much time on this hate-crime of a sequel to a horror classic. I cannot believe that the same man made both films. At this point, I'm throwing in the towel on what was once an extremely promising horror franchise. This hackjob may well be the deathnail in the already stagnating Asian horror genre; I think J-horror is on it's last legs and fright fans will have to start searching for fresh ideas elsewhere.
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They were destined, if not doomed, to be together. She was the mill owner's battered bride; he was his overworked nephew. Out of their plight grew a profound and powerful secret love. Their hearts were free, but only murder could free the lovers from the tyranny of the mill owner. Or could it? Acclaimed throughout the world, this film almost didn't come to the screen at all. Chinese officials tried to hide Ju-Dou behind a wall of censorship - an act that prompted Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen and other major filmmakers to speak out in support of this remarkable film.
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DVD quality.......2007-08-27
Very poor quality non-anamorphic version. Don't waste your money and wait for a remastered edition.
For the film, zero for the transfer.......2007-07-26
I have to echo previous comments. A dark, disturbing and intense film, full of repressed rage and suppressed emotion. Although difficult to tell from this mucky transfer, the original cinemaphotography was clearly outstanding. Very claustrophobic in scope and character, the images still manage to glow at times. There are also some truly bleak characters- most notably the mute, implacable sociopathis son. Scary and memorable.
This film clearly deserves better than this pathetic, murky, gritty, 4:3 transfer it receives here. A real shame- when are Zhang's films going to get the treatment they deserve? The only kind thing I can find to say is that is was somewhat better than the truly putrescent transfer given to 'Raise the Red Lantern' - a landmark in low-end video quality. Oh dear.
Don't waste your money.......2007-07-09
I have over 300 dvds and this is by far the worst transfer to a disc I have ever seen. The colors are horrible as it bleeds all over the place. At times the film actually bounces and stutters like an old, crusty, 16mm tape that's coming apart. You know the kind, those old home movies from the 1950s. It's impossible to enjoy this fine movie (or any movie for that matter)when your senses are assaulted with this disaster of a transfer. Avoid it like the proverbial plague!!
Colours.......2007-04-18
The best type of Chinese film. Sumptuous colours,Gong Li, and a love triangle. I cannot recommend this film more highly. Buy it, and enjoy the experience. There is not a bad thing to say about it!
A Beautiful, Bucolic Tragedy........2007-04-10
Director -and ex-cinematographer- Zhang Yimou infuses a simple tale of lust with beautiful visuals and a strong sense of foreboding. Hazy yellows, midnight blues and strong reds alternate to create an overwhelming sense of melancholy and desire in this tale of a servant (Li Baotian) who falls for his sadistic master's slave wife Ju Dou (Gong Li).
The film recalls silent cinema's use of tints while at the same time creating a languid editing cadence totally at odds with Hollywood technique, and succeeds in creating a bucolic tragedy which boils over with desire and death.
Ju Dou was banned in China on release, because it was seen as focusing on the persistence of feudalism in modern (post-1948) China. Although this issue is not immediately apparent to Western viewers, the film is seen as a key work of the Chinese Fifth Generation directors, and is a great example of an aesthetic in Chinese cinema which blends the personal with the political comment in a distinctively rural environment. Yimou's subsequent work has not really lived up to this and the other films he made in the 1980s, as he has veered onto big-budget works such as "House Of Flying Daggers", which unapologetically aim for international audiences.
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Miracle on 1st Street (Standard Edition) DVD
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Directed by Youn J. K., ``Miracle on 1st Street is a melodrama about wacky, boyish female boxer Myong-ran (played by Ha) and gangster Pil-je (Lim Chang-jung). The two meet when Pil-je moves into a poor neighborhood to evict people. The neighborhood will be demolished and redeveloped into a posh new town.
It may be hard to imagine Ha wearing gloves in a boxing ring after her role as a kisaeng, a female entertainer similar to Japans geisha, in the KBS drama ``Hwang Jin-i. But it is not the first time Ha has taken on a role that involves action scenes.
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A great horror film.......2006-09-01
Hi. I own this movie and really love it. It is a very good watch. I watch it over and over and over and over and I like it even more. So why give it 4 stars if I like it so much? Here's why:
First of all, I will say that the movie is split into 6 seperate segments, Each one of them contains a different time, and main character.
1. Toshio: 6/10 - Boring yet creepy.
2. Yuki: 8/10 - Not as boring and very cool ending.
3. Mizuho: 7/10 - Kinda boring yet really exiting.
4. Kanna: 9/10 - Very scary and entertaining.
5. Kayoko: 10/10 - Involves the scene where Kayoko crawls down the stairs.
6. Kyoko: 5/10 - Very boring yet still creepy.
As you just read, some of these chapters were boring. If you watch it, give it a chance and it will scare you. Availible on eBAY.
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Death Water
Director:
Yamamoto Kiyoshi
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD
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ASIN: B000VTAG36 |
Product Description
2006 Japanese Horror Film by Yamamoto Kiyoshi. English Subtitled.
Region Code: 3 (Only Viewable on Code-Free or Asian Players)
Customer Reviews:
HORRID sequel to a GREAT horror film!.......2006-06-25
I would give this movie a big fat ZERO if it was possible!! Also, the couple mentioned in the other reveiw DO NOT die and she wasn't PREGNANT with the "star"...pay more attention! This is REALLY a milk toast attempt to re-create the great creepiness of the first Juon. While the concept was really good, when all is said and done it falls WAY short of coming NEAR scary or creepy.......as usual, a few scenes may give a couple of chills, but it is far below what fans of Asian Horror have come to expect. If you are a fan of The Grude, as I am, you will probably want to see it...RENT it or buy it but DO NOT pay over 8-9 for it, it just isn't worth it!!
Scarier than the first.......2006-06-06
Ju-On 2 is a very great scary sequel with millions of thrills. I was lucky enough to find a bootleg DVD at West Edmonton Mall, (I live in Edmonton) so I bought it, and when I watched it, I immediately started jumping.
The movie starts off with a couple who die in a car crash, the woman pregnant with a star named Koyoko. She turns into a real big movie star, and stars in lots of horror movies. But when she is forced to shoot a documentary about the "haunted house", eveyone in production is missing. Now, she discovers she's next.
JOTG 2 is a very good sequel. Prepare to start screaming and jumping!
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