Isao Yatsu
Also Known As: やつ いさお
Biography: Isao Yatsu was born on November 19, 1929 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. He was an actor, known for Dark Water (2002), Ju On: The Grudge (2002) and The Grudge 2 (2006). He died on April 18, 2008 from pneumonia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Kanagawa, Japan
Adult: No
Birthday: November 19, 1929
Age: 95 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 18, 2008
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Tales of the Unusual
Overview: A four-part anthology in the spirit of The Twilight Zone, this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain, listening to stories told by one of the group. These include tales of a group stranded in the mountains and haunted by guilt over a death they inadvertantly caused, an emotionally broken chessmaster pressed into playing a real-life game for an eccentric millionaire, a wandering medieval samurai who finds a modern-day cell phone on the ground and a person on the other end asking questions about the past, and a young couple who agree to try a computer simulation of what their future as husband and wife would be like.
Genres: Horror Comedy Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2000-11-03
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The Grudge 2
Overview: A young woman encounters a malevolent supernatural force while searching for her missing sister in Tokyo, a mean high school prank goes horribly wrong, and strange things begin happening in a Chicago apartment building.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-12
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Tales of Terror from Tokyo and All Over Japan Volume 3, Part 2
Overview: A new season of the acclaimed series finishes with these twenty sensational shorts capturing the essence of psychological terror with chilling visuals.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2007-03-13
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Ring 2
Overview: While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
Genres: Horror Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1999-01-23
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Forbidden Siren
Overview: A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-02-11
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Tales of Terror: Haunted Apartment
Overview: Aimi and her father move into an old, apartment building and learn quickly that things are not as they seem.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-08-15
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Crying Out Love in the Center of the World
Overview: While searching for his fiancee Ritsuko, Sakutarou rediscovers through flashbacks the void deep within him caused by the events from his high school days.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2004-05-08
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The Midnight Girls
Overview: An omnibus-style youth drama consisting of 4 episodes. Five girls who go to high school near Tokyo. Mio who meets the homeless in Shibuya at night, Akira who had hidden her best friend's happiness, Kaori who loved her teacher...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2006-08-12
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Aoi bara satsujin jiken
Overview: A magazine reporter gets involved in a murder case while covering a rose nursery that's developing a blue rose.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1993-06-29
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Ju-on: The Grudge
Overview: When social worker Rika is sent to check on a traumatized old lady whose family have moved in at the site of the notorious Saeki family murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that is transmitted via its victims further and further from its original source.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-10-18
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Dark Water
Overview: A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2002-01-19
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Peeping Tom
Overview: Two holes appear suddenly on the walls of a cheap apartment where a piddling fiction writer, Makiguri, lives. What he wrote fiercely after that was his own death.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2008-10-18
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All About My Dog
Overview: A series of short stories all about dogs.
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2005-03-19
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