Toshio Saeki
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| The Grudge character | |
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 Toshio Saeki (played by Yuya Ozeki) in the "Chicago Apartment" featured in The Grudge 2. |
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| Toshio Saeki | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Race: | Asian/Yurei |
| Born | 28 January 1993 |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Family: | Takeo Saeki (father) Kayako Saeki (mother) Nakagawa Kawamata (maternal grandmother) |
| Weapon of Choice: | Curse Haunting Annoyance |
| Portrayed by: | • Daiki Sawada in 4444444444 • Ryōta Koyama in Ju-on 1 & Ju-on 2 • Yuya Ozeki in Ju-on: The Grudge, Ju-on: The Grudge 2 & The Grudge • Ohga Tanaka in The Grudge 2 • Garrett Masuda in Scary Movie 4 |
Toshio Saeki is a fictional character from the Ju-on series of Japanese-horror movies. He was played by several child actors, being Ryôta Koyama in the original two V-Cinema movies, Yuya Ozeki in the theatrical movies and the first American remake, Ohga Tanaka in The Grudge 2, Daiki Sawada in the short movie 4444444444 and Garrett Masuda in the parody Scary Movie 4.
He can be considered the second main character in the series, behind of Kayako, his mother. His first appearance was in Takashi Shimizu's short movie 4444444444 and his haunting goes all through the Ju-On series in a house in Nerima, Japan. He is one of the fulfillers of the ju-on curse, which states that when someone dies amidst rage and intense wrath, those feelings remain at the death site and kill whoever it touches.
His next appearance will be in the upcoming Ju-on: The Grudge 3 and The Grudge 3, although it is unknown who will be cast for the role, it is rumored that Ohga Tanaka from The Grudge 2 might return to reprise his role as Toshio. He can be considered an icon of modern horror movies, having appeared in 6 films (with 2 more to be released) and 1 short and even being parodied in the 2006 comedy Scary Movie 4.
[edit] History and Origin
Toshio is born to Takeo and Kayako Saeki, a Japanese couple residing in Nerima City, Tokyo on July 27th, 1997 as seen in Ju-on: The Grudge.
He has a teacher named Kobayashi in school who happened to be an old flame of his mother's. The old passion rekindles when they meet again. Takeo discovers a journal in which she wrote of her love for Kobayashi. Blind with rage, he obsesses over the idea that Kayako is cheating on him, and that Toshio is not his son. He attacks Kayako when she comes home and kills her. It is unknown how Toshio is killed, as his death is never shown on-screen. It is also implied that he killed Toshio's pet cat, Mar, before burying it in the dirt path beside the house.
In the American remake, however, Takeo kills Toshio by drowning him in the bathtub. He even kills the cat with a utility knife. He puts Toshio's body in the closet and seals it with duct tape.
In the Ju-on novel, Toshio hides in the attic from his father. Instead of coming after him, Takeo slams the cupboard door shut, leaving Toshio to starve to death. However, whilst in the attic, Toshio encounters the body (and the ghost) of his mother, so it is unknown if he did indeed starve, or if Kayako claimed him. Also in the novel, Toshio buries his own cat in the dirt, after both of their deaths
This begins a curse upon that house, in which the ghosts of Kayako, Toshio and Takeo (who is killed by Kayako soon after her murder) attack people who enter in, re-enacting the murders and following the victims wherever they go.
[edit] Differences between the films
- In the Ju-on films, Toshio is six years old at the time of his death. In the Grudge films, he was either seven or eight years old (the online newspaper article that Karen reads states Toshio's age as seven, but a link to another online article on the search engine she uses states Toshio's age as eight).
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