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Takashi Shimizu
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Director, Screenwriter, Screen Story Born: July 27, 1972 in Maebashi City, Japan Biography:By the time Ju-on found its way to American shores via grey-market bootlegs and Internet-acquired, non-Region 1 DVD releases, it had already gained a near-legendary reputation as being the most terrifying entry into the so-called "J-horror" trend of the late '90s. The slow-burning tale of supernatural vengeance blended Eastern horror aesthetics with Western convention to chilling effect, and director Takashi Shimizu would spend the following years building something of a franchise with a series of sequels and the obligatory American remake.
A native of Maebashi City, Japan, Shimizu studied drama at Kinki University before enrolling in film school in Tokyo; he subsequently found work as an assistant director in film and video as the millennium drew to a close. Enrolling in a night class in film production, the burgeoning filmmaker began studying under respected Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa... Full Biography
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