Director Archive

Takashi Shimizu

Discover the remarkable film directors featured on TruStory FM’s entertainment podcasts. Learn about their creative journeys and lasting contributions to cinema through each of these archive episodes.

The Next Reel • Season 15 • Series: Silver Screams: 25 Years of Ju-on • Ju-on: The Grudge 2
The Next Reel Film Podcast

Ju-on: The Grudge 2

We wrap up our Silver Screams: 25 Years of Ju-on series with the fourth feature entry in the franchise, Takashi Shimizu’s 2003 film Ju-on: The Grudge 2, in which Shimizu does an able job of changing things up and advancing the concept.

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The Next Reel • Season 15 • Series: Silver Screams: 25 Years of Ju-on • Ju-on: The Grudge
The Next Reel Film Podcast

Ju-on: The Grudge

We continue our Silver Screams: 25 Years of Ju-on series with the big one, the one that most people probably started with because it was the move to theatrical, it’s Takashi Shimizu’s 2002 film “Ju-on: The Grudge.”

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The Next Reel • Season 15 • Series: Ju-on • Ju-on: The Curse 2
The Next Reel Film Podcast

Ju-on: The Curse 2

We continue our Silver Screams: 25 Years of Ju-on series with an exploration of the second straight-to-video film, which is partly a rehash of the first film, Takashi Shimizu’s 2000 film “Ju-on: The Curse 2.”

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The Next Reel • Season 15 • Series: Silver Screams: 25 Years of Ju-on • Ju-on: The Curse
The Next Reel Film Podcast

Ju-on: The Curse

We kick off our Silver Screams: 25 Years of Ju-on series, our celebration looking at a quarter century of this influential J-Horror franchise, with the first film, Ju-on: The Curse.

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