Tag: shimizu

It has been a while since Ju-On, Marebito and The Grudge director Shimizu Takashi has managed to make much of an impact with international audiences but for those of us who remember the raw power and impact of his early...

It was about three weeks ago that we first wrote about NightCry, a new video game project from Clock Tower creator Kono Hifumi with The Grudge director Shimizu Takashi on board as a creative producer while also directing a short...

Here's the most shocking part of the trailer for upcoming Japanese horror film Ju-on: The Beginning of the End - the continuation of a franchise tht exists purely for the purpose of shocking its audience: It looks good. Very good....

It was back in 2005 that New Line Cinema acquired the feature film rights to Iwaaki Hitoshi's popular scifi-horror manga Parasyte with an eye to having The Grudge helmer Shimizu Takashi direct and English language adaptation. The story revolves around...

How will the Shimizu Takashi live action adaptation of Kadono Eiko's popular Kiki's Delivery Service children's novels  play out on the big screen? The tale of a young witch living on her own for the first time and making a...

ScreenAnarchy was first to break the word that The Grudge director Shimizu Takashi had landed the task of directing a new live action adaptation of the first two novels in the series which also spawned Miyazaki's beloved animation Kiki's Delivery...

Back on April 9th ScreenAnarchy broke word of an impending live action adaptation of Kiki's Delivery Service to be helmed by The Grudge and Ju-On helmer Shimizu Takashi. The novel by Kadono Eiko has proven versatile source material, triggering a...

Before saying this out loud allow me to first point out that, at this point, the following is best considered a rumor and we have not been able to confirm it to the level we normally strive for. That said,...