Kazumi Tokunaga (徳永 和美 Tokunaga Kazumi) is a supporting character in Ju-on: The Grudge and Ju-on: The Grudge 2, portrayed by Shuri Matsuda.
Biography[]
At some point, Kazumi moved with her husband, Katsuya Tokunaga and her mother-in-law, Sachie Tokunaga, to the Saeki House. She and Katsuya had their bedroom in Toshio Saeki's room. She could not sleep because of Toshio constantly running around the house at night which she took for Sachie's constant stirring. After Katsuya leaves for work, she is sleeping on the couch in the living room, until she is woken and startled by crashing noise and think it's Sachie, but then sees Toshio's fresh wet hand prints on the door and soon encounters Mar, who is then taken away by Toshio. She is lured to their bedroom and attacked by the ghosts there which renders her catatonic and unable to move or speak on the bed.
Later, Katsuya arrives from work and finds the house in a mess and then Kazumi on the bed. As her husband tries to call the ambulance, he senses Toshio's presence in the room and tries to find him. As the Toshio confonts him and the closet doors shake, her eyes widen in shock and Kazumi is suffocated by Toshio and dies in the bed, much to Katsuya's horror. After that, he is possessed by Takeo and carries Kazumi's body to Kayako's room and then to the attic. Few days later, Kazumi's body is discovered in the attic by the police along with Katsuya's beside her. Old, torn up photo of Kazumi and Katsuya was also discovered lying on the living room floor by Keisuke Okuni.
Etymology[]
- The name Kazumi means "harmony, peace" (和) (kazu) and "beautiful" (美) (mi).
- Kazumi's surname Tokunaga means "virtue, ethics" (徳) (toku) and "eternal" (永) (naga).
Trivia[]
- Kazumi is adapted into the character of Jennifer Williams in The Grudge.
- It may be interesting to note that Kazumi's actress, Shuri Matsuda, also plays a background nurse in The Grudge 2 and appears when Karen Davis runs away from Kayako in the hospital.
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