Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇
Shimizu Takashi, born 27 July 1972) is a
Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the Japanese
Ju-on series and American
The Grudge franchise. According to film scholar
Wheeler Winston Dixon, Shimizu is "one of a new breed of Japanese horror directors" who prefers to "suggest menace and violence rather than directly depict it."