
Ju-on: The Grudge 2(2003)
When the cast and crew of a paranormal TV reality program decide to shoot in the house of the original Saeki hauntings, a series of strange events unfold at the location.


“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.

Megumi Okina
Rika Nishina

Misa Uehara
Izumi Toyama

Yoji Tanaka
Yuji Toyama

Misaki Itō
Hitomi Tokunaga

Kanji Tsuda
Katsuya Tokunaga

Shuri Matsuda
Kazumi Tokunaga

Kayoko Shibata
Mariko

Yui Ichikawa
Chiharu

Yukako Kukuri
Miyuki

Takako Fuji
Kayako Saeki
Ju-on: The Grudge is a horror film released in 2002 exploring themes of dying and death, japan, primal fear, panic, restart, supernatural. Directed by Takashi Shimizu, it stars Megumi Okina, Misa Uehara, Yoji Tanaka. 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.
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