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.
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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
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.2 / 10
Community rating
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?
For the defence
The Arthouse Gremlin
“The stranger, the better.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe 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.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Ryuta Miyake
Written by
Ryuta Miyake · Takashi Shimizu
Akina Minami
Akane Kashiwagi
Tsuyoshi Muro
Atsushi Isobe
C
Chinami Iwamoto
Mirai Isobe
C
Chikako Isomura
Old Lady in White
Natsuki Kasa
Young Akane
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 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.