supernatural horror
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Introduction At first glance, Koji Shiraishi’s Shirome (2010) looks like a joke. It opens not with dread or blood or ghostly imagery, but with rehearsal footage of a real-life J-pop idol group (Momoiro Clover Z) practicing choreography, laughing with one another, and nervously talking about their dreams of one day performing on Kōhaku Uta Gassen,
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Ju-On: The Grudge (2002) marks the third installment in the Ju-On series, but it’s the first to receive a wide theatrical release, both in Japan and internationally. It follows two earlier made-for-TV films, Ju-On: The Curse and Ju-On: The Curse 2 (both released in 2000), and continues their terrifying legacy. Written and directed by Takashi
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~ A Guide for New and Die-Hard Fans Alike ~ Japanese horror cinema is rich, unsettling, and endlessly inventive; a genre where old spirits stalk new cities, technology becomes a conduit for the uncanny, and trauma seeps from the past into the present. No other national cinema fuses atmosphere, folklore, social anxiety, and experimental storytelling
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