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{{Infobox film
| name = Ju-on: The Grudge 2
| name = Ju-On: The Grudge 2
| image = Juon2 poster.jpg
| image = Juon2 poster.jpg
| border =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
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| native_name = {{Infobox Japanese
| kanji = 呪怨2
| kanji = 呪怨2
| kana = じゅおん2
| kana = じゅおん2
| romaji = Juon 2}}
| revhep = Juon 2}}
| director = [[Takashi Shimizu]]
| director = [[Takashi Shimizu]]
| producer = Shin'ya Egawa<br />Takashige Ichise<br />Kunio Kawakami<br />Yoshinori Kumazawa<br />Haruhiko Matsushita<br />Hiroki Numata
| producer = Shin'ya Egawa<br />Takashige Ichise<br />Kunio Kawakami<br />Yoshinori Kumazawa<br />Haruhiko Matsushita<br />Hiroki Numata
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| language = Japanese
| language = Japanese
| budget =
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| gross = {{JPY|1.1 billion}} {{small|(Japan)}}<ref>{{cite web |title=2003年（平成15年）興収10億円以上番組 |url=http://www.eiren.org/toukei/img/eiren_kosyu/data_2003.pdf |website=Eiren |publisher=Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan |accessdate=11 February 2019}}</ref> <br> $1,790,687 {{small|(overseas)}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Ju-on: The Grudge 2 |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&id=_fJUONTHEGRUDGE201 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |accessdate=11 February 2019}}</ref>
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'''''Ju-on: The Grudge 2''''' is a 2003 [[Japanese horror|Japanese]] [[Horror film|supernatural horror film]] and a sequel to ''[[Ju-on: The Grudge]]''. The film was written and directed by [[Takashi Shimizu]]. It was released in Japan on August 23, 2003.
'''''Ju-On: The Grudge 2''''' is a 2003 [[Japanese horror]] film and a sequel to ''[[Ju-On: The Grudge]]''. The film was written and directed by [[Takashi Shimizu]]. It was released in Japan on August 23, 2003.


The series follows a curse created by a murdered housewife in a house in [[Nerima, Tokyo|Nerima]]. The curse falls on anyone who enters the house where the murders took place. Everyone connected to the house since has met a terrible fate. In the film, Keisuke, the director of a popular TV horror show, casts [[scream queen]], Kyoko Harase, as a special guest to an episode set in the Nerima house. The curse begins to set on everyone involved in the filming, including Kyoko herself. Like all films in the series, the plot is told in [[anachronistic]] order, with parts frequently overlapping each other.
The series follows a curse created by a murdered housewife in a house in [[Nerima, Tokyo|Nerima]]. The curse falls on anyone who enters the house where the murders took place. Everyone connected to the house since has met a terrible fate. In the film, Keisuke, the director of a popular TV horror show, casts [[scream queen]], Kyoko Harase, as a special guest to an episode set in the Nerima house. The curse begins to set on everyone involved in the filming, including Kyoko herself. Like all films in the series, the plot is told in [[anachronistic]] order, with parts frequently overlapping each other.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
Like the rest of the ''Ju-on'' series, the film takes place over a period of time, and is told in a non-linear order as six overlapping vignettes. The overarching plot involves the [[haunted house]] of the deceased Saeki family, whose brutal murders caused by [[Kayako Saeki]]’s crush on another man led to the creation of a vengeful [[curse]]. Anyone who enters the house will eventually be consumed by the ghosts of the Saeki family. The vignettes are presented in the following order: Kyoko (京子), Tomoka (朋香), Megumi (恵), Keisuke (圭介), Chiharu (千春), and Kayako (伽椰子). The plot will be told chronologically.
Like the rest of the ''Ju-On'' series, the film takes place over a period of time and is told in a non-linear order as six overlapping vignettes. The overarching plot involves the haunted house of the deceased Saeki family, whose brutal murders caused by [[Kayako Saeki]]'s crush on another man led to the creation of a vengeful curse. Anyone who enters the house will eventually be consumed by the ghosts of the Saeki family. The vignettes are presented in the following order: Kyoko (京子), Tomoka (朋香), Megumi (恵), Keisuke (圭介), Chiharu (千春), and Kayako (伽椰子). The plot below is told chronologically.


Pregnant film actress Kyoko Harase and her fiancé Masashi Ishikura drive home after Kyoko starred in a [[paranormal television]] show. Their car crashes when the ghost of [[Toshio Saeki]] appears. Masashi falls into a coma and Kyoko has a miscarriage. Kyoko encounters Toshio, who touches her stomach before disappearing, and she tells her mother that he must have been the spirit of her lost child. Three months later, Kyoko is shocked when a doctor announces she is three months pregnant. Her mother also suddenly dies.
Pregnant film actress Kyoko Harase joins the film crew to record an episode of the paranormal show at the Saeki house in [[Nerima]], [[Tokyo]]. The crew includes director Keisuke Okuni, ambitious host Tomoka Miura, and hair stylist Megumi Obayashi. The filming goes well aside from some technical glitches caused by Kayako. At their office, Keisuke falls asleep and fails to notice supernatural phenomena in the footage. In the dressing room, Megumi is suddenly pinned to the floor, and a flashback reveals she is mirroring a dying Kayako. Kayako then kills Megumi.


After filmng, Kyoko and her fiancé Masashi Ishikura drive home but their car crashes when the ghost of [[Toshio Saeki]] appears. Masashi falls into a coma and Kyoko has a miscarriage. Kyoko encounters Toshio in the hospital, who touches her stomach before disappearing, and she tells her mother that he must have been the spirit of her lost child.
The cause of her pregnancy is revealed in the other vignettes. Kyoko joins the film crew to record an episode of the paranormal show at the Saeki house in [[Nerima]], [[Tokyo]]. The crew includes director Keisuke Okuni, ambitious host Tomoka Miura, and hair stylist Megumi Obayashi. The filming goes well aside from some technical glitches caused by Kayako. At their office, Keisuke falls asleep and fails to notice supernatural phenomena on the footage. In the dressing room, Megumi is suddenly pinned to the floor, and a flashback reveals she is mirroring a dying Kayako. Kayako then kills Megumi.


Tomoka hears disturbing noises in her apartment, namely something banging against the wall every night at 12:27am. Her boyfriend Noritaka Yamashita goes to Tomoka’s apartment on the night after filming. When Tomoka arrives home, she finds he has been hanged by a curtain of black hair and is being pushed against the wall by Toshio, creating the banging noise. Kayako hangs Tomoka too, who dies exactly at 12:27am. In the present, Masashi comes out of his coma, mute and confined to a wheelchair, and seems to react badly at Kyoko’s new pregnancy.
Meanwhile, Tomoka hears disturbing noises in her apartment before and after filming, namely something banging against the wall every night at 12:27 am. Her boyfriend Noritaka Yamashita goes to Tomoka's apartment on the night after filming. When Tomoka arrives home, she finds he has been hanged by a curtain of black hair and is being pushed against the wall by Toshio, creating a banging noise. Kayako hangs Tomoka too, who dies exactly at 12:27 am.


Three months later, Kyoko is shocked when a doctor announces she is three months pregnant. That night, Kyoko's mother dies after Toshio is spotted in their home. The cause of her pregnancy is revealed in the other vignettes. Masashi comes out of his coma, mute and using a wheelchair, and seems to react badly to Kyoko's new pregnancy.
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Keisuke drives Kyoko home but they spot Megumi disappearing into the latter’s house. Inside, Keisuke encounters Megumi’s ghost, who offers him Kayako's diary. Keisuke suspects Kyoko surviving the car crash was deliberate. Kyoko and Keisuke are haunted by Kayako and Megumi’s ghosts until Kyoko returns to the house. There, she encounters a teenage girl Chiharu trying to escape, before going into contractions when Kayako claims Chiharu. In her own vignette, Chiharu, who appeared in ''Ju-on: The Grudge'', keeps phasing in and out of the house at different times until she dies in the arms of her friend, claimed by the curse.


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Keisuke drives Kyoko home but they spot Megumi disappearing into the latter's house. Inside, Keisuke encounters Megumi's ghost, who offers him Kayako's diary. Keisuke suspects Kyoko surviving the car crash was deliberate. Kyoko and Keisuke are haunted by Kayako and Megumi's ghosts until Kyoko returns to the house. There, she encounters a teenage girl Chiharu trying to escape, before going into contractions when Kayako claims Chiharu. In her own vignette, Chiharu, who appeared in ''Ju-on: The Grudge'', keeps phasing in and out of the house at different times until she dies in the arms of her friend, claimed by the curse.
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Keisuke arrives at the house, witnessing Chiharu inside, but only finds an unconscious Kyoko. She is rushed to hospital and gives birth, only for pandemonium to occur – Masashi is implied to throw himself off the roof, Toshio appears during the delivery, and the delivery team all die of fright. Keisuke enters the delivery room, only to witness Kayako crawl out of Kyoko’s body and kill him. Kyoko awakens and finds her newborn baby waiting for her, which she embraces.

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Keisuke arrives at the house, witnessing Chiharu inside, but only finds an unconscious Kyoko. She is rushed to the hospital and gives birth, only for pandemonium to occur – Masashi is implied to throw himself off the roof, Toshio appears during the delivery, and the delivery team all die of fright. Keisuke enters the delivery room, only to witness Kayako crawl out of Kyoko's body and kill him. Kyoko awakens and finds her newborn baby waiting for her, which she embraces.


A few years later, a young boy in Nerima encounters a worn-out Kyoko with her daughter, who resembles Kayako. Kyoko is pushed off the bridge by her malevolent daughter, who departs with Kayako's diary.
A few years later, a young boy in Nerima encounters a worn-out Kyoko with her daughter, who resembles Kayako. Kyoko is pushed off the bridge by her malevolent daughter, who departs with Kayako's diary.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{main|List of The Grudge characters}}
* [[Noriko Sakai]] as {{nihongo|Kyoko Harase|原瀬 京子|Harase Kyōko}}
* [[Noriko Sakai]] as {{nihongo|Kyoko Harase|原瀬 京子|Harase Kyōko}}
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* [[Shingo Katsurayama]] as {{nihongo|Keisuke Okuni|大国 圭介|Ōkuni Keisuke}}
* [[Chiharu Niiyama]] as {{nihongo|Tomoka Miura|三浦 朋香|Miura Tomoka}}
* [[Chiharu Niiyama]] as {{nihongo|Tomoka Miura|三浦 朋香|Miura Tomoka}}
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* Emi Yamamoto as {{nihongo|Megumi Obayashi|大林 恵|Ōbayashi Megumi}}
* [[Kei Horie]] as {{nihongo|Noritaka Yamashita|山下 典孝|Yamashita Noritaka}}
* [[Kei Horie]] as {{nihongo|Noritaka Yamashita|山下 典孝|Yamashita Noritaka}}
* [[Yui Ichikawa]] as {{nihongo|Chiharu|千春}}
* [[Yui Ichikawa]] as {{nihongo|Chiharu|千春}}
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* Emi Yamamoto as {{nihongo|Megumi Obayashi|大林 恵|Ōbayashi Megumi}}
* [[Ayumu Saito]] as {{nihongo|Masashi Ishikura|石倉 将志|Ishikura Masashi}}
* [[Ayumu Saito]] as {{nihongo|Masashi Ishikura|石倉 将志|Ishikura Masashi}}
* Erika Kuroishi as {{nihongo|Hiromi|宏美}}
* Erika Kuroishi as {{nihongo|Hiromi|宏美}}
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* [[Takako Fuji]] as [[Kayako Saeki]]
* [[Takako Fuji]] as [[Kayako Saeki]]
* Yuya Ozeki as [[Toshio Saeki]]
* Yuya Ozeki as [[Toshio Saeki]]
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* [[Shingo Katsurayama]] as {{nihongo|Keisuke Okuni|大国 圭介|Ōkuni Keisuke}}


==Home media==
==Home media==
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==References==
==References==
{{More footnotes|date=August 2011}}
{{More footnotes needed|date=August 2011}}
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/2003/ea002100.htm|title=呪怨2 (''Ju-on 2'')|accessdate=2007-07-21|language=Japanese|publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database]]}}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.jmdb.ne.jp/2003/ea002100.htm | title=呪怨2 (''Ju-on 2'') | access-date=2007-07-21 | language=Japanese | publisher=[[Japanese Movie Database]]}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0367913}}
* {{IMDb title|0367913}}
* {{Amg movie|302073}}
* {{AllMovie title|302073}}
* {{ Rotten Tomatoes | ju_on_2 | Ju-on 2 (Ju-on: The Grudge 2) }}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes | ju_on_2 | Ju-on 2 (Ju-on: The Grudge 2)}}


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Latest revision as of 05:16, 3 December 2024

Ju-On: The Grudge 2
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanji呪怨2
Kanaじゅおん2
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnJuon 2
Directed byTakashi Shimizu
Written byTakashi Shimizu
Produced byShin'ya Egawa
Takashige Ichise
Kunio Kawakami
Yoshinori Kumazawa
Haruhiko Matsushita
Hiroki Numata
StarringNoriko Sakai
Chiharu Niiyama
Kei Horie
Yui Ichikawa
Shingo Katsurayama
Emi Yamamoto
CinematographyTokusho Kikumura
Edited byNobuyuki Takahashi
Music byShiro Sato
Release date
  • August 23, 2003 (2003-08-23)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Box office¥1.1 billion (Japan)[1]
$2.7 million (overseas)[2]

Ju-On: The Grudge 2 is a 2003 Japanese horror film and a sequel to Ju-On: The Grudge. The film was written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. It was released in Japan on August 23, 2003.

The series follows a curse created by a murdered housewife in a house in Nerima. The curse falls on anyone who enters the house where the murders took place. Everyone connected to the house since has met a terrible fate. In the film, Keisuke, the director of a popular TV horror show, casts scream queen, Kyoko Harase, as a special guest to an episode set in the Nerima house. The curse begins to set on everyone involved in the filming, including Kyoko herself. Like all films in the series, the plot is told in anachronistic order, with parts frequently overlapping each other.

Plot

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Like the rest of the Ju-On series, the film takes place over a period of time and is told in a non-linear order as six overlapping vignettes. The overarching plot involves the haunted house of the deceased Saeki family, whose brutal murders caused by Kayako Saeki's crush on another man led to the creation of a vengeful curse. Anyone who enters the house will eventually be consumed by the ghosts of the Saeki family. The vignettes are presented in the following order: Kyoko (京子), Tomoka (朋香), Megumi (恵), Keisuke (圭介), Chiharu (千春), and Kayako (伽椰子). The plot below is told chronologically.

Pregnant film actress Kyoko Harase joins the film crew to record an episode of the paranormal show at the Saeki house in Nerima, Tokyo. The crew includes director Keisuke Okuni, ambitious host Tomoka Miura, and hair stylist Megumi Obayashi. The filming goes well aside from some technical glitches caused by Kayako. At their office, Keisuke falls asleep and fails to notice supernatural phenomena in the footage. In the dressing room, Megumi is suddenly pinned to the floor, and a flashback reveals she is mirroring a dying Kayako. Kayako then kills Megumi.

After filmng, Kyoko and her fiancé Masashi Ishikura drive home but their car crashes when the ghost of Toshio Saeki appears. Masashi falls into a coma and Kyoko has a miscarriage. Kyoko encounters Toshio in the hospital, who touches her stomach before disappearing, and she tells her mother that he must have been the spirit of her lost child.

Meanwhile, Tomoka hears disturbing noises in her apartment before and after filming, namely something banging against the wall every night at 12:27 am. Her boyfriend Noritaka Yamashita goes to Tomoka's apartment on the night after filming. When Tomoka arrives home, she finds he has been hanged by a curtain of black hair and is being pushed against the wall by Toshio, creating a banging noise. Kayako hangs Tomoka too, who dies exactly at 12:27 am.

Three months later, Kyoko is shocked when a doctor announces she is three months pregnant. That night, Kyoko's mother dies after Toshio is spotted in their home. The cause of her pregnancy is revealed in the other vignettes. Masashi comes out of his coma, mute and using a wheelchair, and seems to react badly to Kyoko's new pregnancy.

Keisuke drives Kyoko home but they spot Megumi disappearing into the latter's house. Inside, Keisuke encounters Megumi's ghost, who offers him Kayako's diary. Keisuke suspects Kyoko surviving the car crash was deliberate. Kyoko and Keisuke are haunted by Kayako and Megumi's ghosts until Kyoko returns to the house. There, she encounters a teenage girl Chiharu trying to escape, before going into contractions when Kayako claims Chiharu. In her own vignette, Chiharu, who appeared in Ju-on: The Grudge, keeps phasing in and out of the house at different times until she dies in the arms of her friend, claimed by the curse.

Keisuke arrives at the house, witnessing Chiharu inside, but only finds an unconscious Kyoko. She is rushed to the hospital and gives birth, only for pandemonium to occur – Masashi is implied to throw himself off the roof, Toshio appears during the delivery, and the delivery team all die of fright. Keisuke enters the delivery room, only to witness Kayako crawl out of Kyoko's body and kill him. Kyoko awakens and finds her newborn baby waiting for her, which she embraces.

A few years later, a young boy in Nerima encounters a worn-out Kyoko with her daughter, who resembles Kayako. Kyoko is pushed off the bridge by her malevolent daughter, who departs with Kayako's diary.

Cast

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Main article: List of The Grudge characters
  • Noriko Sakai as Kyoko Harase (原瀬 京子, Harase Kyōko)
  • Shingo Katsurayama as Keisuke Okuni (大国 圭介, Ōkuni Keisuke)
  • Chiharu Niiyama as Tomoka Miura (三浦 朋香, Miura Tomoka)
  • Emi Yamamoto as Megumi Obayashi (大林 恵, Ōbayashi Megumi)
  • Kei Horie as Noritaka Yamashita (山下 典孝, Yamashita Noritaka)
  • Yui Ichikawa as Chiharu (千春)
  • Ayumu Saito as Masashi Ishikura (石倉 将志, Ishikura Masashi)
  • Erika Kuroishi as Hiromi (宏美)
  • Kaoru Mizuki as Aki Harase (原瀬 亜紀, Harase Aki)
  • Shinobu Yuki as Kaoru Ishikura (石倉 薫, Ishikura Kaoru)
  • Takako Fuji as Kayako Saeki
  • Yuya Ozeki as Toshio Saeki

Home media

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The film was released on DVD on January 18, 2005.

The PAL version is a two-disc affair, featuring many extras, such as trailers, premiere footage, the making of, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews, deleted/extended scenes, an audio commentary, and a DVD-ROM game (a flash version of this game is also available).

References

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  1. ^ "2003年（平成15年）興収10億円以上番組" (PDF). Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved February 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Ju-On: The Grudge 2". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
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