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Ju-on: The Curse

2000 · 70 min

A slow, creeping dread seeps through interlocking stories, leaving a lingering sense of inescapable doom.

Overview
When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • revenge
  • isolation
  • family
  • fate
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
  • school
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror9
Humour0
Realism6
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
horror, mystery
Directed by
Takashi Shimizu
Written by
Takashi Shimizu
Starring
Yûrei Yanagi, Ryôta Koyama, Takako Fuji, Hitomi Miwa, Asumi Miwa, Chiaki Kuriyama, Yumi Yoshiyuki, Kazushi Andō
Music
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Cinematography
Nobuhito Kitsugi
Runtime
70 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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