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Dark Tales of Japan is a collection of short horror movies by Japan’s best horror directors (Yoshihiro Nakamura, Norio Tsuruta, Kôji Shiraishi, Takashi Shimizu, Masayuki Ochiai) each racing to reach the outer limits of fear! The horrifying episodes are The Spiderwoman, Crevices, The Sacrifice, Blond Kwaldan and Presentiment.

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Ju-on (The Grudge) is a 2003 Japanese “J-Horror” film, written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. The film is the third entry in the Ju-on series and is the first film theatrically released. The film was released in Japan on January 25, 2003 and has spawned several sequels and an American remake titled The Grudge which was released in 2004. Read more…