Direction: Takashi Shimizu
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Takashi Shimizu. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Ju-on
2000 · Movie · 70 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Yûrei Yanagi · Chiaki Kuriyama · Hitomi Miwa · Taro Suwa
Plot Jealous of his wifes love for another man, a teacher from her high school, a man brutally kills his wife and young son. Searching for the son who has missed...
6.3
1K votes
6.3
1K votes
Ju-on: The Grudge
2002 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Megumi Okina · Misaki Ito · Misa Uehara · Yui Ichikawa
Plot An eerie tale of a family who is brutally killed in their own home leaving behind an evil spirit lurking in the shadows. When an unknowing homecare worker enters the...
6.1
35K votes
6.1
35K votes
Ghost vs. Alien
2007 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu · Keisuke Toyoshima
Cast Keisuke Horibe · Ken'ichi Kobayashi · Haruna Kondô · Shôichirô Masumoto
5.8
36 votes
5.8
36 votes
Ju-on: The Curse 2
2000 · Movie · 76 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Yûrei Yanagi · Takako Fuji · Takashi Matsuyama · Ryôta Koyama
Plot Ju-on 2 continues the story of Suzuki Kyoko and shows how the curse affected everyone in her family. It also shows the story of another couple, the Kitadas, living in...
5.7
350 votes
5.7
350 votes
Ju-on: The Grudge 2
2003 · Movie · 95 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Noriko Sakai · Chiharu Nîyama · Kei Horie · Shingo Katsurayama
Plot Ju-On 2 begins with a young couple and a tragic car accident which leaves a pregnant television star named Kyoko devastated. With her fiancé in a coma and her unborn...
5.3
4K votes
5.3
4K votes
Reincarnation
2005 · Movie · 96 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Yûka · Karina · Kippei Shiina · Tetta Sugimoto
Plot Nagisa Sugiura (Yuka) is a young Japanese actress who comes face to face with a slew of ghosts. These restless spirits begin to appear when she signs on to star...
5.2
585 votes
5.2
585 votes
The Grudge
2004 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Sarah Michelle Gellar · Jason Behr · William Mapother · Clea Duvall
Plot An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading...
5.2
11K votes
5.2
11K votes
Dark Tales Of Japan
2004 · Movie · 85 min. · Japan
Direction Yoshihiro Nakamura · Masayuki Ochiai · Takashi Shimizu · Kôji Shiraishi
Cast Kayoko Shiraishi · Shôzô Endô · Yoshinori Okada · Kanako Fukaura
Plot Produced by Taka Ichise (Ring, Dark Water), five of Japan’s top horror directors, including Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge) and Norio Tsuruta (Ring 0: Birthday) contribute to this anthology of terrifying...
5.2
65 votes
5.2
65 votes
Tomie: Re-birth
2001 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Miki Sakai · Satoshi Tsumabuki · Kumiko Endô · Masaya Kikawada
5.0
33 votes
5.0
33 votes
Homunculus
2021 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Gou Ayano · Ryô Narita · Anna Ishii · Yukino Kishii
Plot Truth and illusion blurs when a homeless amnesiac awakens from an experimental medical procedure with the ability to see people's innermost traumas.
4.9
240 votes
4.9
240 votes
The Stranger from Afar
2004 · Movie · 92 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Tomomi Miyashita · Shun Sugata · Shinya Tsukamoto · Miho Ninagawa
4.8
693 votes
4.8
693 votes
Suicide Forest Village
2021 · Movie · min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Yumi Adachi · Hideko Hara · Fuju Kamio · Haruka Kudo
Plot One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is 'Jukai Village'. The village is hidden in Jukai Forest, a...
4.5
23 votes
4.5
23 votes
The Grudge 2
2006 · Movie · 102 min. · United States
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Sarah Michelle Gellar · Edison Chen · Amber Tamblyn · Arielle Kebbel
Plot In Tokyo, a young woman (Tamblyn) is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister (Gellar). The supernatural force, which fills a person with rage before spreading to...
4.5
4K votes
4.5
4K votes
4444444444 (Ten Fours) (S)
1998 · Movie · 3 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Kazushi Andô · Daiki Sawada
4.5
560 votes
4.5
560 votes
Howling Village
2020 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Ayaka Miyoshi · Ryôta Bandô · Tsuyoshi Furukawa · Renji Ishibashi
Plot The legend and fright of of the Inunaki village of Japan comes back to life. Everything there is cursed and morbid. Moreover, the village actually exists. Enter Kanae a licensed...
4.4
48 votes
4.4
48 votes
Katasumi (In a Corner) (S)
1998 · Movie · 3 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Ayako Omura · Kanna Kashima · Takako Fuji
4.4
371 votes
4.4
371 votes
Kiki's Delivery Service
2014 · Movie · 108 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Koshiba Fuka · Machiko Ono · Rie Miyazawa · Tadanobu Asano
Plot A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
4.3
354 votes
4.3
354 votes
Tormented (Rabbit Horror 3D)
2011 · Movie · 83 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu · Christopher Doyle
Cast Hikari Mitsushima · Nao Omori · Teruyuki Kagawa · Tamaki Ogawa
Plot The movie is inspired by Alice in Wonderland as the story mainly focuses on a stuffed rabbit from an alternate world. Just to give an outline of the movie, it...
4.0
55 votes
4.0
55 votes
Ox-Head Village
2022 · Movie · 115 min. · Japan
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Kôki · Riku Hagiwara · Keiko Horiuchi · Haruka Imô
Plot In a so-called "spirit video", Kanon (Kôki) is astonished to see a high-school girl who looks exactly like her.
4.0
23 votes
4.0
23 votes
7500
2014 · Movie · 79 min. · United States
Direction Takashi Shimizu
Cast Ryan Kwanten · Amy Smart · Leslie Bibb · Jamie Chung
Plot Passengers aboard a flight across the Pacific Ocean encounter a supernatural force.
3.9
417 votes
3.9
417 votes