Takashi Shimizu
Takashi Shimizu is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the Ju-On franchise, and directing four of its films, internationally, in both Japan and the U.S. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Shimizu is "one of a new breed of Japanese horror directors" who prefers to "suggest menace and violence rather than directly depict it".
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Want to Play with Someone?
director
2026
Kuchi ni Kansuru Ankēto
director
2026
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
actor
2026
Sana: Let Me Hear
writer
2024
Sana: Let Me Hear
director
2024
The J-Horror Virus
actor
2023
Sana
director
2023
Sana
writer
2023
Immersion
writer
2023
Immersion
director
2023
Samurai Ninja Onimanji
actor
2023
Ox-Head Village
director
2022
Ox-Head Village
writer
2022
Homunculus
writer
2021
Homunculus
director
2021
Suicide Forest Village
director
2021
Suicide Forest Village
writer
2021
Howling Village
director
2020
Howling Village
writer
2020
The Grudge
writer
2019
Innocent Curse
director
2017
Innocent Curse
writer
2017
The Blue Hearts
director
2017
Sadako vs. Kayako
writer
2016
Ame Onna
writer
2016
Ame Onna
director
2016
Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection
director
2015
Flight 7500
director
2014
Kiki's Delivery Service
director
2014
Kiki's Delivery Service
writer
2014
Rabbit Horror
writer
2011
Rabbit Horror
director
2011
The Shock Labyrinth
director
2009
Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl
actor
2009
Ju-On: White Ghost
writer
2009
Ju-On: Black Ghost
writer
2009
An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women
director
2009
An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women
writer
2009
63 Minutes Later
actor
2009
Ura Horror
actor
2008
Tokyo Gore Police
actor
2008
Ghosts vs. Aliens 03
writer
2007
Ghosts vs. Aliens 03
director
2007
Ten Nights of Dreams
writer
2007
Ten Nights of Dreams
director
2007
The Grudge 2
director
2006
The Grudge 2
writer
2006
Reincarnation
director
2005
Reincarnation
writer
2005
The Grudge
director
2004
The Grudge
writer
2004
Dark Tales of Japan
writer
2004
Dark Tales of Japan
director
2004
Marebito
director
2004
Ju-on: The Grudge 2
director
2003
Ju-on: The Grudge 2
writer
2003
Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1
director
2003
Ju-on: The Grudge
writer
2002
Ju-on: The Grudge
director
2002
Tomie: Rebirth
director
2001
Ju-on: The Curse 2
writer
2000
Ju-on: The Curse 2
director
2000
The Hanging Balloons
director
2000
Ju-on: The Curse
director
2000
Ju-on: The Curse
writer
2000
School Ghost Story G
director
1998