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Ju-on: The Curse is a japonais film of genre Horror directed by Takashi Shimizu with Chiaki Kuriyama
Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
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Add to a movie listJu-on: The Curse (呪怨, Juon), also known as simply Ju-on, is a 2000 Japanese V-Cinema Supernatural horror film and the first installment in the Ju-on franchise, following two short films, The film was written and directed by Takashi Shimizu and is divided in six parts, chronicling the experiences of tenants of a cursed house where a man, Takeo Saeki (Takashi Matsuyama) killed his wife, Kayako (Takako Fuji), and his son, Toshio (Ryota Koyama), in a jealous rage. It was followed by Ju-on: The Curse 2 in the same year.
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The film is told in anachronistic order through six segments, each titled after a character central to each segment. They are, in order: Toshio (俊雄), Yuki (由紀), Mizuho (瑞穂), Kanna (柑菜), Kayako (伽椰子), and Kyoko (響子).Actors
Chiaki Kuriyama
(Mizuho Tamura)
Yumi Yoshiyuki
(Noriko Murakami)
Takako Fuji
(Kayako Saeki)
Takashi Matsuyama
(Takeo Saeki, Kayako's husband who murdered her and their son Toshio prior to the film's events.)
Hitomi Miwa
(Yuki)
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