The latest two films in the Ju-on series have been released on DVD: The Girl in Black (Kuroi Shoujo) and The Old Lady in White (Shiroi Roujo). Both films were supervised by the original director, Takashi Shimizu, but directed by two different directors (Mari Asato and Ryuta Miyake respectively. These films both debuted in the cinema in June, marking the 10-year anniversary of the Ju-on series, and a Ju-on Wii game was also released. The DVDs were released in August and September on DVD. No US release date has been announced at this point.


NETICTION’s synopsis of the Grudge: The Old Lady in White is below:

At a certain house, a son brutally and methodically murders all five of his family members after failing the bar exam. He then hangs himself, leaving behind a cassette recorder at the scene on which he can be heard saying, “Go… Go now.” in unison with a strange female voice. That voice belongs to a victim of the family massacre, the elementary school best friend of teenager Akane (Minami). When the two were young they wore yellow hats and red satchels to school. Akane, who has a strong sense of the supernatural, soon begins seeing visions of a female ghost wearing a yellow hat and red satchel.


And SensAsian’s synopsis of The Girl in Black is below:

A Nurse named Yuko (Kago) has a strange experience while taking care of a girl named Fukie. Test results show a cyst inside Fukie’s body, but that cyst is actually the leftover grudge from a baby who was unable to be born. The cyst’s grudge spreads to Fukie and everyone around her. Soon Fukie’s father goes mad and commits murder. Fukie’s sister Mariko has special spiritual power, and together with their mother they have some success driving out the evil spirit. But the worst of the grudge is yet to come.

The very creepy official website (in Japanese) for the two films and the game is here.

Source: Asian Movie Pulse