Takashi Shimizu

Takashi Shimizu is a Japanese film director, born July 27th, 1972.

He is best known for directing the ~Ju-on~ series of movies, as well as the American remake series, The Grudge (except for the third one - he chose to be an Executive Producer on that one, instead).

Some of his other films include:


 * Reincarnation
 * Marebito
 * Tomie: Re-birth

He also contributed to the horror-comedy TV series The Great Horror Family, and directed a short story in the anthology movie Dark Tales Of Japan.

Tropes associated with Takashi Shimizu and his films:

 * Loads and Loads of Characters
 * Mind Screw: Especially Marebito.
 * Nice Hat: Often wears baseball caps.
 * Psychological Horror