Takashi Shimizu

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 terrif...
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BirthDate
BirthPlace
07/26/1972
Maebashi City, Japan
  • How 'Possession' Producer Sam Raimi Continues to Be a Master of Horror
    By: Brian Salisbury August 27, 2012 1:01pm EST
    The director of 'Evil Dead' never left his scary roots.
  • The Grudge 2 Review
    By: Kit Bowen October 17, 2006 6:32am EST
    Rather than re-creating something new, the grim Grudge 2 goes to the excess--scare tactics for scare tactics' sake, with little of the original’s dark and terrible mystery.
  • The Grudge Review
    By: Guylaine Cadorette October 21, 2004 3:26pm EST
    Although he uses age-old scare tactics, director Takashi Shimizu's skin-crawling horror film will still make your heart palpitate because he always manages to cap one scare with an even more petrifying one