The Grudge
Brief Synopsis
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Karen is an exchange student studying social work in Japan who innocently agrees to cover for a nurse who didn't show up for work. When she enters the assigned home, she discovers an elderly American woman, Emma, who is lost in a catatonic state while the rest of the house appears deserted and disheveled. As she is tending to the stricken old woman, Karen hears scratching sounds from upstairs. When she investigates, she is faced with a supernatural horror more frightening than she could ever imagine. Within this house, a chain of terror has been set in motion resulting from a terrifying evil that was born years before. As more people die, Karen is pulled into the cycle of horror and learns the secret of the vengeful curse that has taken root in this house. Now she must stop it before it's too late.
Cast & Crew
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Shimizu Takeshi
Director
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Jason Behr
William Mapother
Bill Pullman
Clea Duvall
Film Details
Also Known As
Grudge, Ju-On
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Horror
Release Date
2004
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Releasing
Location
Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 28m
Synopsis
Karen is an exchange student studying social work in Japan who innocently agrees to cover for a nurse who didn't show up for work. When she enters the assigned home, she discovers an elderly American woman, Emma, who is lost in a catatonic state while the rest of the house appears deserted and disheveled. As she is tending to the stricken old woman, Karen hears scratching sounds from upstairs. When she investigates, she is faced with a supernatural horror more frightening than she could ever imagine. Within this house, a chain of terror has been set in motion resulting from a terrifying evil that was born years before. As more people die, Karen is pulled into the cycle of horror and learns the secret of the vengeful curse that has taken root in this house. Now she must stop it before it's too late.
Director
Shimizu Takeshi
Director
Cast
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Jason Behr
William Mapother
Bill Pullman
Clea Duvall
Grace Zabriskie
Yoichi Okamura
Takako Fuji
Hiroshi Matsunaga
Ted Raimi
Kazuyuki Tsumura
Nana Koizumi
Yuya Ozeki
Rosa Blasi
Yoko Maki
Taigi Kobayashi
Kadee Strickland
Jotaro Kitamura
Hajime Okayama
Ryo Ishibashi
Takashi Matsuyama
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Junko Koizumi
Crew
Hiroshi Abe
Sound Mixer
Masanori Adachi
Assistant Director
Tobin Adams
Assistant
Tobin Adams
Production Coordinator
Toshitaka Akaike
Assistant Camera
Daisuke Akazawa
Best Boy Grip
Chiho Asada
Interpreter
Tomoko Asai
On-Set Dresser
Eric Aycock
Assistant Costume Designer
Jenifer Berr
Stand-In
Jeff Betancourt
Editor
Max Blomgren
Music Engineer
Yoichi Chiashi
Assistant Camera
Hiroshi Chono
Assistant Director
Shawn Holly Cookson
Costume Designer
Jennifer Craig
Production Assistant
Jose Cruz Manalang
Production Assistant
Gloria D'alessandro
Dialogue Editor
Doug Davison
Executive Producer
Kayoko K Dietsche
Interpreter
Joe Drake
Executive Producer
Mamoru Ebisawa
Chief Lighting Technician
Dianne Ensor
Makeup
Lukas Ettlin
Photography
Robert Fernandez
Music Engineer
Rick Franklin
Sound Effects Editor
Ryosuke Fujita
Best Boy Grip
Masaaki Fukuda
Special Makeup Effects
Satoshi Fukushima
Line Producer
Shingo Gima
Assistant Camera
Shunsuke Gondo
Stunt Double
Rintaro Hamasaki
Location Manager
Toyokazu Hashimoto
Digital Effects
Andrew Heinbold
Animator
Steven Heinbold
Animator
Aubrey Henderson
Coproducer
Chikara Higami
Assistant Director
Miho Hohjoh
Interpreter
Marti D Humphrey
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kaori Ichijou
Stunt Double
Takashige Ichise
Producer
Jun Igarashi
Construction Coordinator
Hiroshi Iimura
Chief Lighting Technician
Nobuya Ishida
Digital Effects
Yoshie Ishiguro
Assistant Editor
Akiko Ishii
Stand-In
Kiyoshi Ito
Assistant Camera
Yuji Ito
Production Assistant
Yuko Ito
On-Set Dresser
Kory Jones
Visual Effects Supervisor
Ryan Juggler
Adr Editor
Eri Kada
Production Assistant
Nathan Kahane
Executive Producer
Kiyoshi Kakizawa
Sound Mixer
Aaron Kaminar
Animator
Sayuri Kanamori
Interpreter
Masao Kanazawa
Chief Lighting Technician
Satoshi Kanda
Assistant Art Director
Katsumi Kaneda
Set Designer
Reiko Kato
Interpreter
Reiko Kato
Assistant
Akiko Kawano
Makeup
Yukari Kawano
Assistant Camera
Taka "bart" Kawatsu
Production Assistant
Michael Kirk
Coproducer
Shuichi Kishiura
Special Effects Supervisor
Naoko Kojyo
Assistant Art Director
Takahiro Komaki
Construction Coordinator
Masato Komatsu
Sound
Tomoko Kotakemori
Assistant Art Director
Ai Ling Lee
Sound Effects Editor
Roy Lee
Executive Producer
Edward Licht
Production Supervisor
Carsten Lorenz
Executive Producer
Yoshitaka Makigi
Special Effects Assistant
Nana Maniwa
Production Assistant
Sean Maramatso
Dialogue Coach
Danny Martinez
Visual Effects Producer
Mato
Color Timer
Yuichi Matsu
Special Makeup Effects
Hajime Matsumoto
Digital Effects Supervisor
Hajime Matsumoto
Visual Effects Supervisor
Showa Matsumoto
Sound Mixer
Masako Matsumura
Production Assistant
Satoko Matsuyama
Wardrobe
Makoto Meguro
Assistant Director
Matthew Milam
Assistant
Thomas Milano
Music Editor
Tomoko Miyachi
Production Coordinator
Harue Miyake
Assistant
Sachiko Miyaqawa
On-Set Dresser
Toyohiro Miyata
Assistant Director
Fumihiro Miyoshi
Special Makeup Effects
Noriyuki Mizuguchi
Director Of Photography
Yuri Morikawa
Assistant Production Accountant
Maureen Mottram
Production Accountant
Sachie Munemura
Makeup
Hayato Muraoka
Assistant Camera
Atsuko Murata
Special Effects Assistant
Hidenori Nagata
Chief Lighting Technician
Yumiko Nakamura
Wardrobe
Takashi Nakazato
Sound Mixer
Sujin Nam
Music Coordinator
Nancy Nayor
Casting
Natsuko Nezu
Production Accountant
Keiichi Nishoka
Special Effects Assistant
Jane O'kane
Makeup
Atsushi Ogaswara
Chief Lighting Technician
Katsuhiro Ogawa
Production Manager
Yoichiro Ohashi
Chief Lighting Technician
Tomoya Ohhata
Digital Effects
Shigenori Ohno
Digital Effects
Taskuya Okada
Production Assistant
Kazuhiro Okamoto
Camera Operator
Asami Okuse
Wardrobe
Paul N. J. Ottosson
Supervising Sound Editor
Tatsuo Ozeki
Set Decorator
Jonathan Price
Music Engineer
Raymond Quinlan
Line Producer
Sam Raimi
Producer
Patricia Rivera
Assistant
Carin Rogers
Adr Supervisor
Carin Rogers
Dialogue Editor
Nathan Ross
Visual Effects Supervisor
David Russell
Music Engineer
Hideo Saito
Stunt Coordinator
Iwao Saito
Production Designer
Miyuki Saito
Assistant
Emiko Sakai
Wardrobe
Miyuki Sakaitani
Production Coordinator
Masaki Sasae
Digital Effects
Takeshi Sato
Production Assistant
Jack Schuster
Post-Production Supervisor
Takashi Seida
Photography
Kenichi Sekine
Chief Lighting Technician
Yosuke Sekizawa
Chief Lighting Technician
Lorita Shepherd
Production Accountant
Shintaro Shimosawa
Coproducer
Akihiro Shimura
Chief Lighting Technician
Kazuko Shingyoku
Production Coordinator
Kazuko Shingyoku
Script Supervisor
Koji Shinoda
On-Set Dresser
Jun Shiozaki
Assistant Director
Julia Smetankina
Stand-In
Albert Smith
Stand-In
Kevin Soares
Apprentice Editor
Valentina Solodovnyk
Stand-In
Martin St Pierre
Music Coordinator
Hiroko Stanhope
Assistant
Takeo Sugawara
Assistant Director
Nobuaki Sugiki
Visual Effects Supervisor
Stephen Susco
Screenplay
Shinji Suzuki
Assistant Camera
Yoshiko Takekuma
Digital Effects
Shimizu Takeshi
Screenplay
Shimizu Takeshi
Source Material
Kenji Takeuchi
Photography
Hiroki Taniguchi
Production Assistant
Miyuki Taniguchi
Wardrobe
Robert Tapert
Producer
Yasumasa Terui
Sound Mixer
Kathleen Thomas
Script Supervisor
Brian Valentino
Music Engineer
Dina Valenzuela
Production Accountant
Kelly Vandever
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kelly Wagner
Casting
Yusuke Wakabayashi
Location Manager
Kazuya Watachiki
Carpenter
Amy Wilkins
Assistant Director
Masashi Yamaguchi
Casting
Miyuki Yamaguchi
Special Makeup Effects
Takeshi Yamaguchi
Digital Effects Artist
Hideo Yamamoto
Director Of Photography
Hanako Yanagi
On-Set Dresser
Yoshiko Yasuoka
Effects Coordinator
Kyoko Yauchi
Art Director
Irene Yeung
Assistant
Kazushiko Yokono
Sound Mixer
Tadashi Yokoyama
Key Grip
Shota Yoshikawa
Camera Operator
Christopher Young
Music
Film Details
Also Known As
Grudge, Ju-On
MPAA Rating
Genre
Adaptation
Horror
Release Date
2004
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Releasing
Location
Toho Studios, Tokyo, Japan
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 28m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 22, 2004
Released in United States on Video February 1, 2005
Script will combine elements from the original film "Ju-On" and its three sequels.
English-language remake of "Ju-On" (Japan) written and directed by Takashi Shimizu.
Kodak
Released in United States Fall October 22, 2004
Released in United States on Video February 1, 2005
