Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇 Shimizu Takashi, born 27 July 1972) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the Ju-On franchise, and directing four of its films, internationally, in both Japan and the U.S. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Shimizu is "one of a new breed of Japanese horror directors" who prefers to "suggest menace and violence rather than directly depict it".

Filmography

 * 1) Blue Tiger (Movie, 1994, Script)
 * 2) Last Bronx ~Tokyo Bangaichi~ (ラストブロンクス -東京番外地-) (1997) (Video)
 * 3) Katasumi and 4444444444, stories from Gakkou no kaidan G (学校の怪談G) (lit, "School Ghost Story G") (1998) (TV)
 * 4) Ju-on: The Curse (呪怨) (2000) (Video)
 * 5) Ju-on: The Curse 2 (呪怨2) (2000) (Video)
 * 6) 首吊り気球　伊藤潤二恐怖Collection (Video)
 * 7) 心霊ビデオV　本当にあった怖い話　恐怖心霊写真館 (Shin rei bideo V: Honto ni atta kowai hanashi - kyoufushin rei shashin-kan) (2000) (Video)
 * 8) 心霊ビデオVI　本当にあった怖い話　恐怖タレント体験談 (Shin rei bideo VI: Honto ni atta kowai hanashi - kyoufu tarento taikendan) (2000) (Video)
 * 9) Tomie: Re-birth (富江 rebirth) (2001)
 * 10) Ju-on: The Grudge (呪怨) (2002)
 * 11) Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (呪怨2) (2003)
 * 12) The Grudge (2004)
 * 13) Marebito (2004)
 * 14) Dark Tales of Japan, episode Blonde Kwaidan, (2004) (TV)
 * 15) The Great Horror Family, TV Series (2004–2005)
 * 16) Reincarnation, (輪廻 Rinne) (2005)
 * 17) The Grudge 2 (2006)
 * 18) Ghost vs. Alien 03 (2007)
 * 19) Ten Nights of Dream (2006)
 * 20) The Shock Labyrinth 3D (戦慄迷宮3D) (2009)
 * 21) Tormented (2011)
 * 22) Scared of the Dark (2013)
 * 23) Flight 7500 (2014)
 * 24) Kiki's Delivery Service (2014), live-action adaptation of the novel of the same name
 * 25) NightCry (2015), live-action trailer for the video game NightCry, formerly known as Project Scissors
 * 26) Resident Evil: Vendetta (Biohazard: Vendetta) (2017, executive producer)
 * 27) Innocent Curse (こどもつかい) (2017)
 * 28) Howling Village (犬鳴村) (2019)
 * 29) Suicide Forest Village (樹海村) (2021)
 * 30) Homunculus (2021)
 * 31) Ox-Head Village (牛首村) (2022)
 * 32) Immersion (忌怪島) (2023)
 * 33) Sana (ミンナのウタ) (2023)
 * 34) Anoko wa Daare? (2024)

Accolades

 * 2022 — Star Asia Lifetime Achievement Award at 21st New York Asian Film Festival.