Ju-on: The Curse

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Director:

Takashi Shimizu

Producer:

Takashige Ichise, Kazuo Katô, Masaaki Takashima

Runtime:

1hr 10m

Synopsis

A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.

Cast

  • Yûrei Yanagi
  • Yue
  • Ryôta Koyama
  • Hitomi Miwa
  • Asumi Miwa
  • Yumi Yoshiyuki
  • Kazushi Andô
  • Chiaki Kuriyama
  • Yoriko Dôguchi
  • Jun'ichi Kiuchi

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  • Sep 5, 2020

    If I blindly reach for my phone and touch coldass ghost feet the ghost doesn’t have to worry about killing me, I’ll gladly do it myself.

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    Kaijuman
    Kaijuman
    Sep 24, 2021

    I like the idea of Ju-on: The Curse and the story behind its production much more than the film itself. It makes me smile knowing that Takashi Shimizu took a film class taught by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. It was even more touching to learn that Kurosawa reached out to a production…

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    Ben
    Ben
    Oct 11, 2016

    cw: violence to animals, pet deth :-( horror condensed to nothing but scares & slowly walking thru creep zones. the more spookers i watch, the more i think all ghosts are arguably just capitalism's fault? Kayako totally got sucked into a bad marriage, because her…

    139 Likes
    clare
    clare
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    Nov 25, 2024

    Never trust a child (or a man)

    137 Likes
    Blue Ghosts
    Blue Ghosts
    Jun 6, 2026

    Caturday 2026; film 29;,& also… MD’s Summerween Challenge; prompt 20: a famous horror director’s first film Ok, so if I answered the phone & a cat meowed through the receiver, no matter how menacing the tone I would think my wildest dreams had come true! Also if someone…

    128 Likes
    Penny_S
    Penny_S
    Dec 23, 2017

    It all started with two shorts: "In a corner" (aka "Katasumi") and "4444444444". The first introduces Kayako and the second introduces her son Toshio. Both are considered great j-horror icons today. Later, "Ju-on: The Curse" was released on TV. The first feature film in…

    116 Likes
    Biscoito18
    Biscoito18
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    Nov 11, 2023

    Atmospheric horror movie without screaming teenagers, killers with masks or generated shock effects, just a nice gloomy atmosphere.  (This time it’s the right entry lol)

    107 Likes
    kat🕷
    kat🕷
    Oct 14, 2025

    My cat meowing while I was watching this definitely made the experience more immersive.

    85 Likes
    alewatchesfilms
    alewatchesfilms
    Sep 24, 2021

    This takes its time, piling up discrete episodes that lack incident until there's a snowballed chronology. So much of it is so little, stripped back everything to just locales, people and ghosts. Oh, and cats. For two-thirds of its runtime, it doesn't work. The sequences…

    68 Likes
    Stephen Gillespie
    Stephen Gillespie
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    I actually really loved the artistic direction and raw style of this one

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    Lina
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    Didn’t hate it didn’t love it, it was good

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    I dont really know what to say tbh

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    Bro what did the baby do to you

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    8.5/10

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Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Ju-on: The Curse?
The movie is 1hr 10min long.
What's Ju-on: The Curse about?
A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
Who's the cast of Ju-on: The Curse?
  • Yûrei Yanagi as Shunsuke Kobayashi (segment "Toshio")
  • Yue as Manami Kobayashi (segment "Toshio")
  • Ryôta Koyama as Toshio Saeki (segment "Toshio")
  • Hitomi Miwa as Yuki (segment "Yuki")
  • Asumi Miwa as Kanna Murakami (segment "Yuki")
  • Yumi Yoshiyuki as Noriko Murakami (segment "Yuki")
  • Kazushi Andô as Tsuyoshi Murakami (segment "Yuki")
  • Chiaki Kuriyama as Mizuho Tamura (segment "Mizuho")
  • Yoriko Dôguchi as Nakamura (segment "Mizuho")
  • Jun'ichi Kiuchi as Tezuka (segment "Mizuho")
Who's the director behind Ju-on: The Curse?
Takashi Shimizu directed Ju-on: The Curse.
Who produced Ju-on: The Curse?
Takashige Ichise, Kazuo Katô and Masaaki Takashima produced Ju-on: The Curse.