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Ju-On: White Ghost

Ju-On: White Ghost

Fantasy · Horror · 2009

An apparitions of a young schoolgirl in a yellow rain hat, a family massacre, and a law student's suicide after he fails his bar exam are linked by the ominous recordings discovered on an audio cassette.

Movie details

Ju-On: White Ghost

2009 Fantasy · Horror 1h 1m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.8 / 10

2.9K votes

TMDB

6.2 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

An apparitions of a young schoolgirl in a yellow rain hat, a family massacre, and a law student's suicide after he fails his bar exam are linked by the ominous recordings discovered on an audio cassette.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Ju-On: White Ghost?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ryuta Miyake

Written by

Ryuta Miyake · Takashi Shimizu

Akina Minami

Akina Minami

Akane Kashiwagi

Tsuyoshi Muro

Tsuyoshi Muro

Atsushi Isobe

C

Chinami Iwamoto

Mirai Isobe

C

Chikako Isomura

Old Lady in White

Natsuki Kasa

Natsuki Kasa

Young Akane

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Ichirôta Miyakawa

Hajime Kashiwagi

M

Marika Fukunaga

Yuka Kanehara

Court is in session

Put Ju-On: White Ghost on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.