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From Takashi Shimizu, the visionary creator of The Grudge franchise comes the new supernatural horror film Ox-Head Village, which is now streaming on Screambox!

In the horror movie, “After watching a viral video, a woman, who believes that she’s the twin of one of the participants, decides to investigate the town where the video was shot.”

A Screambox Original, Ox-Head Village screened at numerous international festivals including the New York Asian Film Festival and Fantaspoa Film Festival. It stars Kôki (Touch), Riku Hagiwara (Three Sisters of Tenmasou) and Haruka Imô (Kamen Rider Black Sun).

Directed by Shimizu, who also co-wrote the dark and gritty film along with Daisuke Hosaka, the film presents a sinister mystery with a supernatural twist. Creative partners for many years, Shimizu and Hosaka previously worked together on Howling Village and The Shock Labyrinth 3D.

You can also watch Takashi Shimizu’s awesome Suicide Forest Village,...

From Takashi Shimizu, the visionary creator of The Grudge franchise, comes the new supernatural horror film Ox-Head Village.

In the horror movie, “After watching a viral video, a woman, who believes that she’s the twin of one of the participants, decides to investigate the town where the video was shot.”

A Screambox Original, Ox-Head Village screened at numerous international festivals including the New York Asian Film Festival and Fantaspoa Film Festival. It stars Kôki (Touch), Riku Hagiwara (Three Sisters of Tenmasou) and Haruka Imô (Kamen Rider Black Sun).

Directed by Shimizu, who also co-wrote the dark and gritty film along with Daisuke Hosaka, the film presents a sinister mystery with a supernatural twist. Creative partners for many years, Shimizu and Hosaka previously worked together on Howling Village and The Shock Labyrinth 3D.

Ox-Head Village will release on digital and stream exclusively on Screambox February 14.

In the meantime, you can...

One of the most accomplished and acclaimed masters of modern J-Horror, director Takashi Shimizu has been on the cutting edge of the genre’s popularity since he first emerged with his celebrated “Ju-On” entries that initially launched the movement in the early 2000s. Keeping his hand in the genre pretty consistent in the times since, among his most recent contributions is a loosely-connected trilogy of films known as the Village of Terror series that started with Howling Village, continued with Suicide Forest Village and now concludes with the most recent entry “Ox-Head Village” which celebrates its North American premiere at the New York Asian Film Festival.

Ox-Head Village is screening on New York Asian Film Festival

In a so-called “spirit video”, Kanon (Koki) is astonished to see a high-school girl who looks exactly like her. The girl’s ox-head mask is torn away, she is closed into an abandoned hotel,...

Stars: Rinka Otani, Anna Yamada, Mayu Yamaguch, Fuju Kamio, Haruka Kudo, Hideko Hara, Yumi Adachi | Written by Takashi Shimizu, Daisuke Hosaka | Directed by Takashi Shimizu

Suicide Forest Village is the latest film from Takashi Shimizu, best known as the writer and director of The Grudge, both the original Japanese film and its US remake. But he has contributed a lot more to the genre both before and since. That includes an episode in another popular franchise, Tomie: Re-birth as well as Flight 7500 and Howling Village.

YouTuber Akina (Rinka Otani) livestreamed her trip into Aokigahara, the so-called Suicide Forest to prove that you can enter it and leave again. Needless to say things don’t go as planned. Hibiki watches it, both horrified and fascinated by what she sees.

The next day while she and her sister Mei (Mayu Yamaguch; Last Ninja-Red Shadow) are helping Akira and Miyu move they...

Exclusive: Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to Suicide Forest Village, Takashi Shimizu’s supernatural horror inspired by a real forest in Japan known for its frequent suicides and disappearances.

Shimizu previously helmed the Ju-On (The Grudge) franchise, directing the 2004 originals and three sequels. His latest stars Jun Kunimura (Kill Bill: Vol. 1), Yumi Adachi (Tokyo Vampire Hotel) and Asuka Kurosawa (Silence) in a story following a group who come across a mysterious box with a deadly secret: the item holds a curse that quickly spreads to those around them. The source of the box is the ‘Jukai Village,’ a rumored location deep within the Jukai Forest.

Shimizu co-wrote the film with Daisuke Hosaka, who previously worked together on Howling Village and The Shock Labyrinth 3D. The film is produced by Muneyuki Kii, Harue Miyake, Chikako Nakabayashi and Daisuke Takahashi.

The deal was negotiated by Brandon Hill, Manager of Acquisitions,...

One of the most venerated names in the J-Horror scene in the late 90s and early 2000s, Takashi Shimizu became one of the biggest genre directors in the world for creating the classic “Ju-On” series among many others, even finding himself heading to America to shoot an official remake of the film. While his projects since haven’t reached the level of unquenching fear as the original entries in the Grudge franchise, his latest effort “Howling Village” is a step in the right direction.

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The legend and fright of the Inunaki village comes back to life. Everything there is cursed and morbid. Moreover, the village actually exists. Enter Kanae (Miyoshi Ayaka), a licensed and practicing psychologist who not only is curious vocationally, but can communicate with the spirits herself. She finds herself personally involved when her brother Yuma (Ryota Bando) and his girlfriend Akina (Rinka...

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Watch a Clip from Howling Village: "After her brother goes missing, Kanade, a young psychologist visits his last known location, an infamous haunted and cursed site known as...

The second in the “Fear Village” series, following “Howling Village” with the motif of a real psychic spot. Set in the forest of Fuji, where various urban legends such as suicide spots fly around, it depicts the horror of a strange box sealed because of a too-powerful curse. Following “Howling Village,” Takashi Shimizu of the “Ju-On” series is directing, and Daisuke Hosaka is in charge of the script in collaboration with Shimizu. Anna Yamada and Mayu Yamaguchi star.

Directed by: Takashi Shimizu

Written by: Daisuke Hosaka

Starring: Yagira Yuya, Maeda Ai, Renbutsu Misako, Katsuji Ryo

Sometimes, film titles do not live up to their names. Case in point: Shock Labyrinth 3D, which ultimately is not very shocking. Or exciting. In fact, it might just want to think about renaming itself Boring Labyrinth 3D (sort of). The film, directed by The Grudge series director Takashi Shimizu, is Japan’s first full-length, live-action digital 3D feature, but that’s about the only neat thing about it — if you can count stuffed rabbits sort of floating in your face and silver rain sort of coming out of the screen.

Childhood friends Ken, Mataki and Rin — estranged for years but now reunited 10 years later — are joined by the last of their group, Yuki, who has been missing since her disappearance at the House of Horrors a decade earlier. Her sudden reappearance in...

Shock Labyrinth 3D

Stars: Ai Maeda, Suzuki Matsuo, Shoichiro Masumoto | Written by Daisuke Hosaka | Directed by Takashi Shimizu

If you know anything about J-horror then you’ll recognise the name of Shock Labyrinth director Takashi Shimizu – he was the genius behind the creepy as all hell Ju-On: The Grudge franchise (he even directed the Us remakes). Well know Shimizu moves on from the pale faced ghost genre to 3D with Shock Labyrinth, a pioneering J-horror which not only is the first Ever Japanese film to be shot in HD Digital 3D, is also the first ever live-action 3D movie to come out of that territory!

When a small group of young friends spending the day at a theme park near the foot of Mount Fuji sneak into the park’s haunted house attraction after hours, the innocent children’s escapade results in the mysterious disappearance of one of them,...

Fortissimo Films is offering American Film Market attendees a special preview of Takashi Shimizu's Shock Labyrinth 3D , touted as Japan's first foray in live-action 3-D territory. The poster was on display and we wanted to share it with you along with the following synopsis. One rainy night, Yuki, a girl missing for 10 years, mysteriously appears. Her friends, Ken, Motoki, Rin, and sister Miyu are confused by her sudden return and uneasily welcome her home. Later that same night, Yuki suddenly faints and is rushed by her loyal friends to the hospital. But the hospital they arrive at turns out to be a decayed and terrifying place...a labyrinth. Trapped within the labyrinth, the horror truly begins for the young friends. Based on a screenplay by Daisuke Hosaka, the film was...

Some good times ahead on both sides of the pond, for fans of Asian genre cinema. Fortissimo Films has just closed a couple of late, last minute deals out of the Venice and Toronto film festivals, and both are high on our must see list. Palisades Tartan has snagged the Us and UK rights to Hirokazu Koreeda’s Air Doll which tells the story of a life size Air Doll that develops a soul. On exploring the world around her she soon falls in love with Junichi, a video store clerk. Just when everything seems perfect an unexpected turn of events throws her fragile existence into turmoil. Whilst in the UK, Artificial Eye has picked up Takashi Shimizu’s 3D horror film The Shock Labyrinth. Based on a script penned by Daisuke Hosaka, the movie will follow a group of teenagers dealing with the sudden return of a friend who went missing a decade ago.

Some good times ahead on both sides of the pond, for fans of Asian genre cinema. Fortissimo Films has just closed a couple of late, last minute deals out of the Venice and Toronto film festivals, and both are high on our must see list. Palisades Tartan has snagged the Us and UK rights to Hirokazu Koreeda’s Air Doll which tells the story of a life size Air Doll that develops a soul. On exploring the world around her she soon falls in love with Junichi, a video store clerk. Just when everything seems perfect an unexpected turn of events throws her fragile existence into turmoil. Whilst in the UK, Artificial Eye has picked up Takashi Shimizu’s 3D horror film The Shock Labyrinth. Based on a script penned by Daisuke Hosaka, the movie will follow a group of teenagers dealing with the sudden return of a friend who went missing a decade ago.

Seoul -- "The Shock Labyrinth," the latest film from "The Grudge" director Takashi Shimizu, is to be a 3D live-action movie represented in international markets by Fortissimo Films.

The story takes place in a theme park near Mount Fuji and follows a group of teens dealing with the shock return of a friend they had assumed to be dead.

Produced by Japan's Asmik Ace, the film also marks Shimizu's return to genre filmmaking after a hiatus of several years.

"The production represented a great challenge in creating a brand new way of expressing fear and telling a dramatic story via the medium of 3-D film. I hope as many of you as possible will find yourselves trapped in my labyrinth and enjoy the experience," he said.

The film is in postproduction, having begun principal photography in early July.

Produced by Ogura Jimusyo's Satoru Ogura, Asmik Ace's Masayuki Tanishima and Dai Miyazaki,...

A new still has surfaced for Ju-on (The Grudge) director Takashi Shimizu’s latest, the 3D haunted house horror, The Shock Labyrinth. Based on a script penned by Daisuke Hosaka, the movie will follow a group of teenagers dealing with the sudden return of a friend who went missing a decade ago. When the friend falls ill, they take her to a hospital but end up trapped in a labyrinthine (as you do) haunted house. Still no sign of a trailer for the film - but it can’t be long now - the film opens in Japan in just over two months.

It has been three years since Takashi Shimizu stood beside a film camera and worn his directorial hat—literally. Eschewing the black leather cap that was seemingly glued to his head throughout the production of the Japanese Ju-on and American Grudge movies that made his name, Shimizu is not only sporting new headwear for his newest feature, but is also shooting with a new, custom 3-D digital system, the first for such a production in Japan.

Journeying down to the city of Tateyama, Fango paid a visit to the set of The Shock Labyrinth 3D last week to catch up with director Shimizu’s return to feature filmmaking. Within the peeling walls of a local hospital, Shimizu and his crew are hard at work on one of the final days of shooting. Seated behind a large LCD monitor, the filmmaker reaches over to a spare set of 3-D glasses and hands them to this writer.