Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu 清水 崇
Born	(1972-07-27) July 27, 1972 Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Occupation	Filmmaker

Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇 Shimizu Takashi, born 27 July 1972) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the Japanese Ju-on series and American The Grudge franchise. 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."^[1]

Filmography

1. Blue Tiger (Movie, 1994, Script)
2. Last Bronx ~Tokyo Bangaichi~ (ラストブロンクス -東京番外地-) (1997) (Video)
3. Katasumi and 4444444444, stories from Gakkou no kaidan G (学校の怪談G) (lit, "School Ghost Story G") (1998) (TV)
4. Ju-on: The Curse (呪怨) (2000) (Video)
5. Ju-on: The Curse 2 (呪怨2) (2000) (Video)
6. 首吊り気球　伊藤潤二恐怖Ｃｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ (Video)
7. 心霊ビデオＶ　本当にあった怖い話　恐怖心霊写真館 (Shin rei bideo V: Honto ni atta kowai hanashi - kyoufushin rei shashin-kan) (2000) (Video)
8. 心霊ビデオＶＩ　本当にあった怖い話　恐怖タレント体験談 (Shin rei bideo VI: Honto ni atta kowai hanashi - kyoufu tarento taikendan) (2000) (Video)
9. Tomie: Re-birth (富江 rebirth) (2001)
10. Ju-on: The Grudge (呪怨) (2002)
11. Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (呪怨2) (2003)
12. The Grudge (2004)
13. Marebito (2004)
14. Dark Tales of Japan, episode Blonde Kwaidan, (2004) (TV)
15. The Great Horror Family, TV Series (2004–2005)
16. Reincarnation, (輪廻 Rinne) (2005)
17. The Grudge 2 (2006)
18. The Shock Labyrinth 3D (戦慄迷宮3D) (2009)
19. Tormented (2011)
20. 7500 (2014)
21. Scared of the Dark (2013)
22. Kiki's Delivery Service (2014), live-action adaptation of the novel of the same name
23. NightCry (2015), live-action trailer for the video game Nightcry, formerly known as Project Scissors^[2]

References

External links

• Takashi Shimizu at the Internet Movie Database
• Shimizu's JMDb entry (in Japanese)
• Ju-On Sequels Renamed
• Scared of the Dark