Takashi Shimizu

Known for: Directing
Born: July 27, 1972, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Movies: 66

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Takashi Shimizu (born 27 July 1972 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese film director, best known for the Ju-on series of horror films.

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Best-Known Movies

5.9

The Grudge

2004

5.6

The Grudge 2

2006

6.8

Ju-on: The Grudge

2002

4.9

Flight 7500

2014

6.5

Ju-on: The Grudge 2

2003

6.0

Tokyo Gore Police

2008

6.8

Ju-on: The Curse

2000

6.2

Rigor Mortis

2013

6.2

Ju-on: The Curse 2

2000

6.1

Reincarnation

2005

Filmography

2026	New Group
2026	Mag Mag	YouTube
2025	Time Machine Girl
2023	Kaidan. Strange Stories of Japanese Ghosts	Himself
2023	The J-Horror Virus
2023	They Are/Were Watching
2023	Samurai Ninja Onimanji
2022	The Night Before Upheaval
2015	The Ninja War of Torakage
2014	Why Horror?	Self
2012	Gekijō-ban: Harapeko Yamagami-kun
2010	Helldriver	Man visiting prison
2009	Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl	Chinese Professor
2009	Foreign Filmmakers' Guide to Hollywood
2009	63 Minutes Later
2008	Ura Horror	(segment "Toshio san")
2008	Tokyo Gore Police
2007	Meatball Machine: Reject of Death
2004	Katanas, yakuzas y cintas de video	(archive footage)
2004	The Tutor I Loved, My Pure White Body Was Tainted	Assistant Director

Directing, Writing & Producing

2026	The Village of Eight Gravestones	Director, Screenplay
2026	Sana: Play with Me	Director
2026	The Mouths	Director
2024	Sana: Let Me Hear	Director, Screenplay
2023	Sana	Director, Screenplay
2023	Immersion	Director, Screenplay
2022	Ox-Head Village	Director, Writer
2021	Homunculus	Director, Screenplay
2021	Suicide Forest Village	Director, Screenplay
2020	Go Home	Director
2020	Howling Village	Director, Screenplay
2017	Innocent Curse	Director, Screenplay
2017	The Blue Hearts	Director
2016	Ame Onna	Director, Screenplay
2015	Tales of the Bizarre 25th Anniversary Autumn Special: Film Directors Collection	Director
2015	NightCry	Director
2014	Ghost Storyteller	Producer
2014	Flight 7500	Director
2014	Kiki's Delivery Service	Director, Screenplay
2013	Rigor Mortis	Producer
2011	Rabbit Horror	Director, Writer
2009	The Shock Labyrinth	Director
2009	An Encyclopedia of Unconventional Women	Director, Screenplay
2007	Ghosts vs. Aliens 03	Director, Screenplay
2007	Ten Nights of Dreams	Director, Writer
2006	Unholy Women	Producer
2006	The Grudge 2	Director
2005	Reincarnation	Director, Writer
2004	The Grudge	Director, Writer
2004	Dark Tales of Japan	Director
2004	Marebito	Director
2003	Ju-on: The Grudge 2	Writer, Director
2003	Kaidan Shin Mimibukuro: Dai Ni Ya	Director
2003	Ghosts vs. Aliens 02	Director, Screenplay
2003	Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 1	Director
2002	Ju-on: The Grudge	Writer, Director
2002	Ghosts vs. Aliens	Director, Screenplay
2001	Tomie: Rebirth	Director
2000	Shin rei bideo VI: Honto ni atta kowai hanashi - kyôfu tarento taikendan	Director
2000	Ju-on: The Curse 2	Director, Writer
2000	The Hanging Balloons	Director
2000	Shin rei bideo V: Honto ni atta kowai hanashi - kyôfushin rei shashin-kan	Director
2000	Ju-on: The Curse	Director, Writer
1998	4444444444	Screenplay, Director
1998	School Ghost Story G	Director
1998	In a Corner	Screenplay, Director

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