Ju-on: The Grudge

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2002 • 1h 32min • R • Horror

Ju-on: The Grudge

"When a grudge from the dead passes to the living, who is safe?"

When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.

IMDb 6.7

RT 56%

MC 48

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Takashi Shimizu

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Megumi Okina

Rika Nishina

Misa Uehara

Izumi Toyama

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka

Yuji Toyama

Misaki Itō

Hitomi Tokunaga

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda

Katsuya Tokunaga

Shuri Matsuda

Kazumi Tokunaga

Kayoko Shibata

Mariko

Yui Ichikawa

Chiharu

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Megumi Okina Rika Nishina

Misa Uehara Izumi Toyama

Yoji Tanaka

Yoji Tanaka Yuji Toyama

Misaki Itō Hitomi Tokunaga

Kanji Tsuda

Kanji Tsuda Katsuya Tokunaga

Shuri Matsuda Kazumi Tokunaga

Kayoko Shibata Mariko

Yui Ichikawa Chiharu

Yukako Kukuri Miyuki

Takako Fuji Kayako Saeki

Yuya Ozeki Toshio Saeki

Takashi Matsuyama

Takashi Matsuyama Takeo Saeki

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Daisuke Honda Detective Igarashi

Yoshiyuki Morishita

Yoshiyuki Morishita Keibiin

Hideo Sakaki Fukushi Senta Jimuin

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