Mai goes
looking for her older sister, schoolteacher Yui Shono, who had mysteriously
disappeared while working at an elementary school. While investigating,
Mai finds the Teriyaki family who tell her about sister Yui horrific fate.
Mai is both shocked and obsessed with the dark secret and attempts to
end the Ju-On curse forever.
After
a decade of television work, Masayuki Ochiai made a name for himself as
one of the directors for the award winning horror motion picture TALES
OF THE UNUSUAL. He was tapped to end this long-running Juon franchise,
which has produced numerous Japanese sequels (including a pairing of Juon
and Ring called SADAKO
VS KAYAKO), three American versions released under The Grudge
moniker, and an unofficial Chinese ripoff called PHANTOM
OF GRUDGE. The original JUON
film was produced by Kiyoshi Kurosawa.
A
Japanese film; with English subtitles; widescreen, fully uncut (94 min.)
version in DVD encoded for ALL REGION, playable on any American DVD
machine;
Extras include selected theatrical trailer.
