2004 · 1 h 38 min · Japan, United States

The Grudge

ActionMonsterGhost

Directed by Takashi ShimizuPhotographed by Katsumi Yanagishima, Hideo YamamotoMusic by Christopher Young

Shot on

31: cast
182: crew
150: frames
3: places

Cast 31

Sarah Michelle GellarKaren

Jason BehrDoug

Kadee StricklandSusan

Grace ZabriskieEmma

Rosa BlasiMaria

Ryo IshibashiNakagawa

William MapotherMatthew

Ted RaimiAlex

Yoko MakiYoko

Takako FujiKayako

Clea DuVallJennifer

Bill PullmanPeter

Yuya OzekiToshio

Takashi MatsuyamaTakeo

Hiroshi MatsunagaIgarashi

Hajime OkayamaSuzuki

Yoshiyuki MorishitaGuard

Kazuyuki TsumuraPeter's Co-Worker

Taigi Kobayashi

Taigi KobayashiPoliceman

Junko Koizumi

Junko KoizumiMother

Nana Koizumi

Nana KoizumiDaughter

Yoichi Okamura

Yoichi OkamuraRestaurant Manager

Eiji OkiMorgue Detective

Katsuhiro OyamaMorgue Doctor

Shunsuke Gondo

Shunsuke Gondo

Kaori Ichijo

Kaori Ichijo

Jenifer Berr

Jenifer Berr

Akiko Ishii

Akiko Ishii

Julia Smetankina

Julia Smetankina

Albert Smith

Albert Smith

Valentina Solodovnyk

Valentina Solodovnyk

Made by

Cinematography

Hideo Yamamoto, Noriyuki Mizuguchi

Editing

Jeff Betancourt

Music

Christopher Young

Production design

Iwao Saito

Costume design

Shawn Holly Cookson, Miyuki Taniguchi

Directing 9

Film byTakashi Shimizu

First Assistant DirectorMasanori Adachi, Hiroshi Chono

Second Assistant DirectorsChikara Higami, Amy Wilkins

Third Assistant DirectorsJun Shiozaki, Toyohiro Miyata

Second assistant directorTakeo Sugawara

Third assistant directorMakoto Meguro

Producing 9

Co-ProducersMichael Kirk, Aubrey Henderson, Shintaro Shimosawa

Executive ProducersJoe Drake, Nathan Kahane, Carsten Lorenz, Roy Lee, Doug Davison

Line ProducerSatoshi Fukushima

Camera 11

Director of PhotographyHideo Yamamoto, Noriyuki Mizuguchi

First Assistant Camera OperatorShinji Suzuki, Kiyoshi Ito

Second Assistant Camera OperatorYoichi Chiashi, Toshitaka Akaike

Assistant Camera OperatorsYukari Kawano, Shingo Gima, Hayato Muraoka, Kazuhiro Okamoto, Shota Yoshikawa

Lighting and grip 12

Chief Lighting TechnicianMasao Kanazawa

Assistant Chief Lighting TechniciansHidenori Nagata, Yoichiro Ohashi

Rigging Chief Lighting TechnicianAtsushi Ogasawara, Kenichi Sekine

Assistant Rigging Chief Lighting TechniciansMamoru Ebisawa, Hiroshi Iimura, Akihiro Shimura, Yosuke Sekizawa

Key GripTadashi Yokoyama

Best Boy GripsRyosuke Fujita, Daisuke Akazawa

Art 15

Production DesignerIwao Saito

Art DirectorKyoko Yauchi

Assistant Art DirectorsTomoko Kotakemori, Satoshi Kanda

Set DesignerKatsumi Kaneda

Set DecoratorTatsuo Ozeki

Set DressersYuko Ito, Koji Shinoda, Sachiko Miyagawa, Hanako Yanagi, Tomoko Asai

Costume 7

Costume DesignersShawn Holly Cookson, Miyuki Taniguchi

Assistant Costume DesignerEric Aycock

WardrobeSatoko Matsuyama, Yumiko Nakamura, Asami Okuse, Emiko Sakai

Makeup and hair 8

MakeupJane O'Kane, Sachie Munemura

Assistant MakeupDianne Ensor, Akiko Kawano

Special Effects MakeupYuichi Matsui

Assistant Special Effects MakeupMasaaki Fukuda, Fumihiro Miyoshi, Miyuki Yamaguchi

Special effects 4

Special effects supervisorShuichi Kishiura

Special effects assistantsYoshitaka Makigi, Atsuko Murata, Keiichi Nishioka

Visual effects 16

Digital visual effects supervisorHajime Matsumoto

Assistant digital visual effects supervisorsNobuaki Sugiki, Naoyasu Yutaka

3D digital effectsToyokazu Hashimoto, Shigenori Ohno, Yoshiko Takekuma

2D digital effectsNobuya Ishida, Tomoya Ohhata, Masaki Sasae

Digital I/O negative coordinatorYoshiko Yasuoka

Visual effects supervisorKory Jones

Stunts 1

Stunt CoordinatorHideo Saito

Sound 20

Sound MixerKiyoshi Kakizawa, Kazushiko Yokono

Assistant Sound MixersShowa Matsumoto, Yasumasa Terui, Takashi Nakazato

Supervising sound editorPaul N.J. Ottosson

Sound effects editorsRick Franklin, Ai-Ling Lee

Dialogue / ADR supervisorCarin Rogers

ADR editorRyan Juggler

Music 9

Music byChristopher Young

Score coordinatorsSujin Nam, Martin St. Pierre

Synth programmersMax Blomgren, Jonathan Price, David Russell

Music editorThomas Milano

Recording and mixing engineerRobert Fernandez

Assistant engineerBrian Valentino

Editing 3

EditorJeff Betancourt

First assistant editorYoshie Ishiguro

Second assistant editorKevin Soares

Post-production 2

Digital intermediate negative coordinatorYoshiko Yasuoka

Post production supervisorJack Schuster

Casting 4

Casting byNancy Nayor Battino, Kelly Wagner

Japan castingHiroki Taniguchi, Masashi Yamaguchi

Production 39

Production SupervisorEd Licht

Production ControllerLorita Shepherd

Production AccountantsMaureen Mottram, Natsuko Nezu, Dina Valenzuela

Assistant Production AccountantYuri Morikawa

Production CoordinatorsTobin Adams, Miyuki Sakaitani, Kazuko Shingyoku, Tomoko Miyachi

Script SupervisorKathleen Thomas

Locations 2

Location managersYusuke Wakabayashi, Rintaro Hamasaki

Other 11

TranslatorsChiho Asada, Reiko Kato, Miho Hohjoh, Sayuri Kanamori, Kayoko K. Dietsche

Still photographersTakashi Seida, Kenji Takeuchi

Thanked by the producersAlvin Lu, Patrick Macias, Izumi Evers, Brendan Garst

Companies

Digital visual effectsBig X

Digital visual effects byBig X

Additional visual effects byReality Check Studios

ADR recorded atSony Pictures Studios

Re-recording mixing atMonkeyland Audio, Inc.

Music preparationRobert Puff Music

Re-recording mixingMonkeyland Audio, Inc.

Main and end titles designThe Picture Mill

Where

Filmed atSony Pictures Studios

Filmed atToho Studios

Filmed atOakwood Residence Aoyama Tokyo

Story set inTokyo