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Ju-on: Black Ghost (DVD) (Japan Version)

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The Grudge/Ju-on J-Horror franchise first started in 2000 as a straight-to-video movie developed by Shimizu Takashi. In the next ten years, it went on to spawn multiple blockbuster features in both Japan and Hollywood. To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the popular series, two new Japanese Ju-on films were released in 2009, White Ghost and Black Ghost (also known as Old Lady in White and Girl in Black), offering fresh takes on the grudge curse.

Directed by Asato Mari (Twilight Syndrome: Dead Go Round), Black Ghost stars former Morning Musume member Kago Ai (Kung Fu Chefs) as nurse Yuko who's taking care of a young girl (Matsumoto Hana) with a cyst growing in her body. It turns out the cyst is actually the grudge of the girl's unborn twin, and the curse soon spreads to everyone around her. The film also co-stars Seto Koji from Kamen Rider Kiva.

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Product Title: Ju-on: Black Ghost (DVD) (Japan Version) 咒怨 - 黑色少女 (DVD) (日本版) 咒怨 - 黑色少女 (DVD) (日本版) 呪怨 黒い少女 黒い少女 Ju-on: Black Ghost (DVD) (Japan Version)
Also known as: The Grudge: Girl in Black / Ju-on: Kuroi Shojo 黑色咒怨 黑色咒怨 The Grudge: Girl in Black / Ju-on: Kuroi Shojo The Grudge: Girl in Black / Ju-on: Kuroi Shojo
Artist Name(s): Kago Ai | Katsumura Masanobu | Takagi Maria | Tsugihara Kana | Seto Koji | Nakamura Yuri | Matsumoto Kana 加護亞依 | 勝村政信 | 高樹瑪利亞 | Tsugihara Kana | 瀨戶康史 | Nakamura Yuri | 松本花奈 加护亚依 | 胜村政信 | 高树玛利亚 | Tsugihara Kana | 濑户康史 | Nakamura Yuri | 松本花奈 加護亜依 | 勝村政信 | 高樹マリア | 次原かな | 松嶋亮太 | 中園友乃 | 瀬戸康史 | 中村ゆり | 松本花奈 | 重山邦輝 Kago Ai | Katsumura Masanobu | Takagi Maria | Tsugihara Kana | Seto Koji | Nakamura Yuri | Matsumoto Kana
Director: Asato Mari 安里麻里 安里麻里 安里麻里 Asato Mari
Release Date: 2009-09-21
Publisher Product Code: DSTD-2987
Language: Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Publisher: Toei Video
Other Information: DVD
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1020136190

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[アーティスト/ キャスト]
加護亜依 / 瀬戸康史 / 中村ゆり / 安里麻里 (監督、脚本) / ゲイリー芦屋 (音楽)

ピクチャーレーベル

[特典情報]
映像特典:メイキング、劇場予告、テレビスポット

[テクニカル・インフォメーション]
本編60分
製作国 : 日本 (Japan)
公開年 : 2009

[ストーリー]
産まれてくることのできなかった者の怨み——。それは想像を絶する“怒り”となって人々を呪い殺す・・・。看護師の裕子(加護亜依)は、芙季絵という少女の担当を任されてから、奇妙な体験をするようになる。検査の結果、芙季絵の体内に「嚢腫」が発見される。生まれてくることのできなかった者の怨みが少女を蝕み、やがて周囲の人々を呪っていく。裕子の隣人は黒い少女によって捉えられ、芙季絵の父は殺人を犯し、狂っていく。芙季絵の母・季和子は霊力を持つ妹・真理子にすがり、除霊は成功したかに思えた。しかし、それは最悪の「呪怨」の始まりだった……。

[解説]
伝説の恐怖ふたたび! あの「呪怨」が、さらに恐ろしさを増して復活!!口コミで「とにかく怖い…!」「一生のトラウマになった!」と、その問答無用の恐怖描写で評判になり、今や伝説と化したビデオ版「呪怨」。その製作から10周年となる今年、「呪怨」の生みの親である清水崇×一瀬隆重の手によって、原点の恐怖に回帰した新たな「呪怨」が誕生した!両氏の“呪い”を受け継いだ2本の映画「呪怨 白い老女」「呪怨 黒い少女」がそれだ。10年もの間、日本のみならず全世界の人々に“未だかつて経験したことのないケタ違いの恐怖”を体感させてきたホラー映画の最高傑作「呪怨」が、さらに恐ろしさを増して復活した。2009年、「呪怨」がふたたび伝説の恐怖を蘇らせ、新たなる戦慄を呼び起こす・・・・・!! 

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Professional Review of "Ju-on: Black Ghost (DVD) (Japan Version)"

February 9, 2010

This professional review refers to Ju-on: White Ghost / Black Ghost (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
From its relatively humble beginnings in 2000 as a direct to DVD release, the Japanese horror Ju-on series went on to become one of the modern Asian ghost genre's most influential franchises, and one of the country's most popular domestic blockbusters and exports, also inspiring a series of Hollywood remakes. Original developer, writer and director Takashi Shimizu returned in 2009 to mark the tenth anniversary of his shrieking ghosts with two new short features, White Ghost and Black Ghost (literally Old Lady in White and Girl in Black), which now arrive together on one DVD. The two continue very much in the manner of the classic originals, being scare packed spook shows rather than aiming for the more psychological terror of Ringu and other key J-Horror releases.

The first of the two, White Ghost was directed by Miyake Ryuta, who previously worked with Shimizu on the omnibus Tales of Terror and stars actress model Minami Akina as a high school girl with psychic powers called Akane who starts experiencing strange and threatening visions. In true Ju-on fashion, the plot jumps around between different characters, revealing a dark secret regarding the murder of her childhood friend and her family. Asato Mari (Twilight Syndrome: Dead Go Round) helmed Black Ghost which features former pop star Kago Ai (recently with the legendary Sammo Hung in Kung Fu Chefs) as a nurse looking after an unfortunate young girl (Matsumoto Hana) who has a mysterious growth in her stomach. As is often the case, the growth turns out to be her unborn twin, who is understandably angry at having been denied her chance at life, and who is keen to exact revenge on the world in general.

As might be expected, the two films, which both run around an hour, hark back to the very first Ju-on outings in that they are low budget, shot on video affairs. Of course, money is by no means a prerequisite for imagination or creativity, and the films certainly manage to capture the spirit of the originals, with their many scares having a decidedly surreal edge and with the viewer being primed from very early on to expect the unexpected. The ghouls of Ju-on have always been a very active, hard working lot, and here they continue very much in the fine tradition of suddenly appearing in ridiculous places, grabbing at characters, their black eyes wide and enthusiastic, making their trademark throaty clicking. Although some of the frights do verge slightly on the daft, not so much defying the laws of common supernatural sense as completely ignoring them, there are a good few genuine surprises and entertaining shocks, even for grizzled J-Horror veterans. The fractured narrative approach that the series is known for works as well as ever and both films are nicely constructed and ambitious in their story telling and design.

Of the two, White Ghost is the stronger outing, with a more engaging and wide-reaching plot and an unsettling air of perversity. Although the makeup effects for the titular spirit are a touch odd, this does make for some sinister scenes, not least since Ryuta also throws in a few visceral touches and some splashes of gore. Black Ghost is somewhat more straightforward and focused, and is less effective as a result, with its unborn twin plot being overly familiar. This having been said, it still holds the interest, and performs far better than the similarly themed recent Hollywood effort The Unborn with a satisfyingly grim ending and a winningly eerie ambience. The two directors both make good use of the short film format, keeping things moving at a fast pace and packing in plenty of scares along the way. Although inevitably some of these have been lifted quite blatantly from the earlier 밓u-on?efforts they still work well enough, and if anything give the films a charmingly old school feel.

Certainly, both White Ghost and Black Ghost are worthy additions to the franchise, and serve as a fine reminder of why the series became so popular in the first place. Whilst effectively there is nothing here that fans have not seen before, the return of the industrious, pale skinned ankle grabbers is very welcome, as will be further sequels if this level of quality can be maintained.

by James Mudge - BeyondHollywood.com

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