Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇 Shimizu Takashi, born 27 July 1972 in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter, best known for the Ju-on and The Grudge horror franchises.
Career
Before the creation of Ju-on, Shimizu initially worked on short horror films. In 1997, at the suggestion of Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Shimizu was asked to direct a couple fo short segments for Haunted School G (Gakkô no Kaidan G, 1998), part of Kansai TV's hit series. Kurosawa, one of Shimizu's film school lecturers, had been involved with the series since 1994 and put his student's name forward as a pontential contributor. Shimizu then produced two three-minute short segments, Katasumi and 4444444444, in which the characters of Kayako and Toshio Saeki were introduced respectively. Ringu producer Takashige Ichise and a distribution deal with Toei video enabled Shimizu to expand the two Haunted School G short films to be expanded in Shimizu's first full length films, Ju-on: The Curse and The Curse. Ringu's scriptwriter Hiroshi Takahashi served as Shimizu's "creative consultant". Both films were shot at the same time, in 2000, but released separately.[1]
After his two films became a hit, Shimizu produced a theatrical sequel, Ju-on: The Grudge, followed by Ju-on: The Grudge 2. American film producer Sam Raimi invited Shimizu for an american remake of the Ju-on films,[2] after Ringu was remade in the U.S. as The Ring and became a hit. The Grudge, produced by Raimi with Roy Lee and Rob Tarpet, written by Stephen Susco and directed by Shimizu himself, was released in 2004. Whilst working on the Grudge film series, Shimizu directed J-Horror films Marebito (2004) (shot in just eight days) and Reincarnation (2005). Shimizu's second directed Hollywoodian film is 7500, shot in 2010 and starring Ryan Kwanten and Scout-Taylor Compton, and is set to be released in 2014. Tormented (Rabitto horâ 3D), released in 2011, is Shimizu's first 3D film.[3]http://schmoesknow.com/horror-film-7500-will-finally-be-released-maybe/14908/</ref>
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References
- ↑ http://books.google.com.br/books?id=uVbGOE3jwWUC&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=the+grudge+3+takashi+shimizu+not+directing&source=bl&ots=RGIdFFw1qB&sig=J48iaBnpM0zrP4J-DtGhBekVBc4&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ei=FZrQU_LwB8zJsQS0oYCwBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=the%20grudge%203%20takashi%20shimizu%20not%20directing&f=false
- ↑ http://www.dvdtalk.com/interviews/the_grudge_an_i.html
- ↑ https://movies.yahoo.com/news/grudge-creator-takashi-shimizu-discusses-movie-tormented-182700699.html