Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

Director
Takashi Shimizu

Main cast
Yûrei Yanagi; Yue; Ryôta Koyama; Yumi Yoshiyuki; Kazushi Andô

Genres
Horror

Description
A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.


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