# Takashi Shimizu

takashi shimizu (清水 崇 Shimizu Takashi, born 27 July 1972) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the Ju-On franchise, and directing four of its films, internationally, in both Japan and the U.S. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Shimizu is "one of a new breed of Japanese horror directors" who prefers to "suggest menace and violence rather than directly depict it." == Filmography == Blue Tiger (Movie, 1994, Script) Last Bronx ~Tokyo Bangaichi~ (ラストブロンクス -東京番外地-) (1997) (Video) Katasumi and 4444444444, stories from Gakkou no kaidan G (学校の怪談G) (lit, "School Ghost Story G") (1998) (TV) Ju-on: The Curse (呪怨) (2000) (Video) Ju-on: The Curse 2 (呪怨2) (2000) (Video) 首吊り気球　伊藤潤二恐怖Ｃｏｌｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ (Video) 心霊ビデオＶ　本当にあった怖い話　恐怖心霊写真館 (Shin rei bideo V: Honto ni atta kowai hanashi - kyoufushin rei shashin-kan) (2000) (Video) 心霊ビデオＶＩ　本当にあった怖い話　恐怖タレント体験談 (Shin rei bideo VI: Honto ni atta kowai hanashi - kyoufu tarento taikendan) (2000) (Video) Tomie: Re-birth (富江 rebirth) (2001) Ju-on: The Grudge (呪怨) (2002) Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (呪怨2) (2003) The Grudge (2004) Marebito (2004) Dark Tales of Japan, episode Blonde Kwaidan, (2004) (TV) The Great Horror Family, TV Series (2004–2005) Reincarnation, (輪廻 Rinne) (2005) The Grudge 2 (2006) Ghost vs.