Juon /

呪怨 /

An eerie tale of a family who is brutally killed in their own home, leaving behind an evil spirit lurking in the shadows. When an unknowing homecare worker enters the house, the spirit is awakened and a terrifying chain of events begin.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Juon (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors:	Pioneer LDC, Inc (film production company.), Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha (film production company.), Ozu (Firm) (film production company.), Zanadū, Kabushiki Kaisha (film production company.)
Other Authors:	Shimizu, Takashi, 1972- (Screenwriter), Okina, Megumi, 1979- (Actor), Ito, Misaki, 1977- (Actor), Uehara, Misa (Actor), Ichikawa, Yui, 1986- (Actor), Tsuda, Kanji, 1965- (Actor), Fuji, Takako, 1972- (Actor), Kikumura, Tokusho (director of photography.), Satō, Shirō (composer (expression))
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese English
Language Notes:	In Japanese or dubbed English with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published:	[Tokyo, Japan] : Pioneer LDC, 2002.
Edition:	Widescreen.
Subjects:	Murder > Drama. Demonology > Drama. Ghost plays. Haunted houses > Drama. Good and evil > Drama. Demonology. Good and evil. Haunted houses. Murder. Satsujin > Dorama. Feature films. Fiction films. Horror films. Ghost films. Haunted house films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Motion pictures, Japanese. Foreign films. Drama.

Description
Summary:	An eerie tale of a family who is brutally killed in their own home, leaving behind an evil spirit lurking in the shadows. When an unknowing homecare worker enters the house, the spirit is awakened and a terrifying chain of events begin.
Item Description:	Special features: Audio commentary with Sam Raimi and Scott Spiegel; scene selection; theatrical trailer; behind-the-scenes footage; cast and crew interviews; deleted scenes.
Physical Description:	1 DVD (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; dual-layered ; enhanced for 16x9 television ; 5.1 Dolby Digital (Japanese) or 2.0 Dolby Digital (English) sound formats.
Audience:	MPAA rating: R for some disturbing images.
Awards:	Screamfest, 2002: Best Foreign Film (Takashi Shimizu)
Production Credits:	Cinematography, Tokushō Kikumura ; editing, Nobuyuki Takahashi ; music, Shirō Satō.