Takashi Shimizu
Takashi Shimizu is a Japanese film director, born July 27th, 1972.
He is best known for directing the Ju-On series of movies, as well as the American remake series, The Grudge (except for the third one - he chose to be an Executive Producer on that one, instead).
Some of his other films include:
- Reincarnation
- Marebito
- Tomie: Re-birth
He also contributed to the horror-comedy TV series The Great Horror Family, and directed a short story in the anthology movie Dark Tales Of Japan.
Takashi Shimizu provides examples of the following tropes:
- Loads and Loads of Characters
- Mind Screw: Especially Marebito.
- Nice Hat: Often wears baseball caps.
- Psychological Horror