Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu
清水 崇
Born (1972-07-27) 27 July 1972
Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Alma materNihon University
Occupations
  • Director
  • producer
  • screenwriter
Years active1994-present

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, directing the first four installments, in addition to directing the first two installments in its American remake franchise, The Grudge.

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".[1]

Early life

Shimizu was born on 27 July 1972, in Maebashi, Tokyo.[2] He attended Wakamiya Elementary School and Maebashi City Fourth Junior High School before graduating from Gunma Prefectural Chuo High School. He initially enrolled in Kindai University but dropped out. He then enrolled in Nihon University where he met future collaborator and film producer Takashige Ichise. Together they went on to develop Ju-On.[3]

Career

After graduating, Shimizu was given the opportunity to direct the short films Katasumi and 4444444444 for Kansai TV's horror omnibus Gakkou no Kaidan G. The two shorts later served as forerunners to the Ju-On franchise

Shimizu made his feature directorial debut with the direct-to-video supernatural horror, Ju-On: The Curse and its sequel Ju-On: The Curse 2. The positive reception of those two films led to the theatrical sequels, Ju-On: The Grudge and Ju-On: The Grudge 2. Ju-On: The Grudge received positive feedback from critics and audiences, while Ju-On: The Grudge 2 was met with a more mixed reception.

Shimizu was later brought back to direct the American remakes The Grudge and The Grudge 2. The films were both a box-office success, but were met with mixed reception from mainstream critics. Shimizu decided to step back from the franchise, taking on a producing role for the direct-to-video third installment, The Grudge 3, and eventually returned to Japanese cinema afterwards.

Filmography

Accolades

References

  1. ↑ Wheeler Winston Dixon, Rutgers University Press, 11 July 2007, Film Talk: Directors at Work, Retrieved 10 November 2014 (see page xi Introduction last paragraph), ISBN 978-0-8135-4077-1
  2. ↑ "Takashi Shimizu | Director, Writer, Producer". IMDb. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Takashi Shimizu · UMSI580". umsi580.lsait.lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
  4. ↑ "学校の怪談G". allcinema (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  5. ↑ "富江 re-birth". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "呪怨". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  7. ↑ "呪怨2". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "ラビット・ホラー3D". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "7500(2014)". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  10. ↑ "魔女の宅急便". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  11. ↑ 'Clock Tower' Spiritual Successor Gets a Live-Action
  12. ↑ "バイオハザード ヴェンデッタ". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  13. ↑ "こどもつかい". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  14. ↑ "犬鳴村". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  15. ↑ "樹海村". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  16. ↑ "ホムンクルス". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  17. ↑ "牛首村". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  18. ↑ "忌怪島 きかいじま". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  19. ↑ "ミンナのウタ". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  20. ↑ "あのコはだぁれ？". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  21. ↑ "だぁれかさんとアソぼ?". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 May 2026.
  22. ↑ "口に関するアンケート". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  23. ↑ "八つ墓村". Eiga.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  24. ↑ Michael Rosser (30 June 2022). "New York Asian Film Festival reveals Screen honourees and full line-up". Screen Daily. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  25. ↑ "Announcing the Second-Wave Lineup, Award Honorees, and Guests for the 20th Anniversary Edition of New York Asian Film Festival". NYAFF. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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