The Grudge 2 (2006)
| Release Date | 12 October 2006 |
| Budget | $20,000,000 |
| US Box Office | $39,000,000 |
| Tagline | What Was Once Trapped, Will Now Be Unleashed |
| Genre | Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Language | English, Japanese |
| Sound Mix | DTS, SDDS, Dolby Digital |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Supernatural Horror |
| Themes | Mental Illness, Out For Revenge, Members of the Press, Ghosts |
| Tones | Eerie, Gruesome, Atmospheric, Creepy |
| Tags | Curse, Fire |
The Grudge 2 is the 2006 sequel to the 2004 American horror film remake The Grudge. The Grudge 2 is the second film in Sony's The Grudge series and is directed by Takashi Shimizu (director of the original series) and written by Stephen Susco. The film is produced by Sam Raimi and stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Amber Tamblyn, Arielle Kebbel, Jenna Dewan, and Edison Chen. As stated by Takashi Shimizu the film is not a remake of Ju-on: The Grudge 2 and does follow a different storyline.
Cast and Crew
Ohga Tanaka
Toshio
Zen Kajihara
Folklore Guy
Sotaro Nagasawa
Teacher
Kyoka Takizawa
Young Kayako
Paul Jarrett
Mr. Fleming
Gwenda Lorenzetti
Mrs. Fleming
Satoshi Ninomiya
Police Officer
Mitsuo Togioka
Taxi Driver
Masanobu Yada
Young Man
Nahana
Young Woman
Isao Yatsu
Old Man on Bus
Akira Sato
Doctor
Tomomi Hiraiwa
Nurse
Yôko Chôsokabe
Nurse
Kayoko Toda
Nurse
Shuri Matsuda
Nurse
Yuzo Mikawa
Villager
Director
Writer
Stephen Susco
Producer
Bill Bannerman
line producer
Drew Crevello
co-producer
Doug Davison
executive producer
Joseph Drake
executive producer
Takashige Ichise
producer
Nathan Kahane
executive producer
Michael Kirk
co-producer
Roy Lee
executive producer
Shintaro Shimosawa
co-producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Katsumi Yanagijima
Editor
Jeff Betancourt
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Casting Director
Nancy Nayor
Kelly Wagner
Production Designer
Iwao Saito
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Art Director
Akio Kikuchi
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Tomoko Kotakemori
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Set Decorator
Tatsuo Ozeki
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Victoria Söderholm
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Costume Designer
Kristin M. Burke
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Miyuki Taniguchi
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Makeup Department
Chelo
key makeup artist: aging
Rick Findlater
makeup artist, hair stylist
Akiko Kawano
makeup artist
Yûichi Matsui
special makeup effects artist
Fumihiro Miyoshi
assistant special effects makeup
Sachie Munemura
makeup artist, hair stylist
Deb Watson
key hair stylist, key makeup artist
Production Manager
Michael Bederman
unit production manager
Kelli Konop
executive in charge of production
Jack Schuster
post-production supervisor
Yusuke Wakabayashi
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Megan Basaraba
second assistant director
Matt Corrado
second assistant director: re-shoots
Charles Leslie
first assistant director: reshoots
Keita Mizunami
third assistant director
Yusuke Negi
third assistant director
Kensuke Ota
third assistant director
Ryuichi Saeki
first assistant director
Jun Shiozaki
second assistant director
Kennedy Taylor
first assistant director
Art Department
John Marcynuk
production designer: Chicago
Blake E. Matthys
lead man: Chicago, lead man
Josh Slates
research assistant
Sound Department
Vincent Cirilli
ProTools engineer
Gloria D'Alessandro
dialog & adr editor
Jamie Hardt
assistant sound editor
Marti D. Humphrey
sound re-recording mixer
Chris M. Jacobson
assistant sound re-recording mixer
Ryan Maguire
foley mixer
Matthew McKenzie
adr recordist
Paul N.J. Ottosson
supervising sound editor, sound designer
Daniel Pagan
sound effects editor, foley editor
Carin Rogers
adr dialogue supervisor
Joan Rowe
foley artist
Sean Rowe
foley artist
Greg ten Bosch
foley editor, sound effects editor
Kelly Vandever
sound re-recording mixer
Marshall Winn
dialogue and adr editor
Special Effects
Jidekazu Kishiura
special effects supervisor
Yoshitaka Makigi
special effects technician
Kimiko Murai
special effects technician
Atsuko Murata
special effects technician
Atsushi Shibata
special effects technician
Visual Effects
Dave Isaac Santos Abuel
animator: Reality Check Studios
Masako Adachi
2D artist: Big X
Hoon Bae
animator: Reality Check Studios
Dana Marin Fisher
visual effects coordinator
Jason Howey
animator: Reality Check Studios
Nobuya Ishida
2D artist: Big X
Kory Jones
visual effects supervisor: Reality Check Studios
Aaron Kaminar
lead animator: Reality Check Studios
Sachiho Kawashima
2D artist: Big X
Kuroudo Kikuchi
2D artist: Big X
Kazumi Koshimura
2D artist: Big X
Jennifer Law Stump
digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Benjamin Liu
animator: Reality Check Studios
Hajime Matsumoto
digital visual effects supervisor: Big X
Kurando Mitsutake
visual effects assistant: Big X
Keita Nakayama
2D artist: Big X
Kouichi Saito
2D artist: Big X
Masaki Sasae
2D artist: Big X
Alison Savitch
visual effects producer: Reality Check Studios
Sally Sherwood
animator: Reality Check Studios
Kevin Soares
visual effects coordinator
Mariko Sugawara
assistant digital visual effects supervisor: Big X
Kiyotaka Taguchi
2D artist: Big X
Shigenori Takekuma
3D artist: Big X
Hitoshi Tsukada
3D artist: Big X
Vivian Wei
animator: Reality Check Studios
Naoyasu Yutaka
2D artist: Big X
Antonio Torres
digital artist: Digital Intermediate, Pacific Title
Stunts
Hideo Saito
stunt coordinator
Michele Waitman
stunt coordinator, stunt double
Camera and Electrical Department
David Appleby
still photographer
Marc Ehrenbold
Steadicam operator
Akio Fujita
assistant camera
Shinji Kawai
assistant camera
Michael Kohnhorst
director of photography: second unit
Elizabeth Miller
second assistant camera: additional camera
Shigeto Mizuno
assistant camera
Kazuhiro Taniguchi
assistant camera
Joe 'Jody' Williams
camera operator: "a" camera, Chicago
Joe Carpita
second assistant camera: re-shoots
Casting Department
Chuck Dukas
casting intern
Kevin Goldson
casting assistant
Dominika Posserén
casting assistant
Jennifer Rudolph
casting: New York
Georgia Simon
adr voice casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Emilia Corbin
costume department production assistant: Los Angeles
Laura Cresswell
costume department production assistant: Los Angeles
Editorial Department
Cindy Bond
digital intermediate producer
Paul Bronkar
supervising digital intermediate colorist
Dylan Firshein
assistant editor
Richard E. Flores
negative cutter
Michael Grawert
assistant colorist
Yoshie Ishiguro
first assistant editor
Darin McCormick-Millett
digital intermediate executive producer
David R. Miller
digital intermediate executive producer
Kurando Mitsutake
post-production crew
Jerimiah Morey
assistant colorist
Laura Morgan
apprentice editor
Kevin Soares
second assistant editor
Amy Tompkins
digital intermediate editor
Music Department
Samantha Barker
assistant to composer
Max Blomgren
synthesizer programmer
Remi Dapere
score coordinator
Robert Fernandez
recording engineer, music score mixer
Greg Hayes
score recordist
Simon James
music contractor
Kory Kruckenberg
music recording engineer, recording engineer
Hummie Mann
conductor
Sean McMahon
orchestrator
Cory Milano
assistant music editor
Thomas Milano
music editor
Robert Puff
music librarian, music preparation
David G. Russell
score producer, synthesizer programmer
David Shephard
orchestrator
Martin St. Pierre
orchestrator
Richard Temple
synthesizer programmer: score
Gregory Tripi
synthesizer programmer
Brian Valentino
assistant recording engineer
Chandra Cogburn
music assistant
Melissa Orquiza
music preparation
Other Crew
Tanya Adusumilli
intern: visual development
Krystin Auriemma
production assistant
Max Blomgren
synthesizer programmer
Marne Braun
key production assistant: Chicago
Debbi Burns
stand-in
Daniel Duka
assistant: Mr. Kahane
Andrea Eisen
set tutor
Sara Ellingen
production secretary: Chicago
Mizuho Endo
translator, on-set interpreter
Naomi Hatta
assistant: Mr. Kirk and Mr. Crevello
Qadree Holmes
production assistant: re-shoot Chicago
Hideaki Jimbo
production coordinator
Alicia Johnson
associate producer digital intermediate
Sachiyo K.
adr voice
Aaron Lam
assistant: Mr. Raimi
Asuka Matoba
location manager
Takuya Michiue
location manager
Yuri Morikawa
production accountant
Sean Muramatsu
dialogue coach
Rosemary Orlando
production coordinator
David Pollison
assistant: Mr. Tapert
Miyuki Sakaitani
production coordinator
Kazuko Shingyoku
script supervisor
Hiroko Stanhope
assistant: Mr. Ichise
Cid Swank
publicist
Tsuzumi Takagi
assistant: Mr. Fukushima
Mary Tallman
script supervisor: re-shoots, Chicago
Gregory Tripi
synthesizer programmer
Satoko Tsuji
assistant accountant
Dina Valenzuela
assistant accountant
Alex Valhouli
assistant: Mr. Drake
Catherine Petra Villalobos
production assistant
Naoko Ihara Witmer
assistant: Mr. Shimizu
Irene Yeung
assistant: Mr. Lee and Mr. Davison
Production Company
Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Ghost House Pictures
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Mandate Pictures
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Vertigo Entertainment
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Distributor
Alfa Films
Columbia Pictures
Constantin Film
Golden Village Entertainment
Independent Films
International Film Distribution Consultants
Metropolitan Filmexport
Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution
Roadshow Entertainment
Viva Films
Dutch FilmWorks (DFW)
Highlight Film
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Special Effects
Big X
Reality Check Studios
Miscellaneous
Bastyr University Chapel
music recorded at
ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
dollies
Dolby Laboratories
sound post-production
Dub Stage, The
sound re-recording
Fellah Pictures
Japan
NAC Image Technology
camera equipment supplied by
Nihon Shomei Co.
lighting equipment supplied by
Northwest Sinfonia
music performed by
OS Productions
thanks
Pacific Title
end title design
Pacific Title and Art Studio
digital intermediate
Picture Mill, The
main title design
Toho Studios
sound stages, thanks
Varèse Sarabande
soundtrack
Related Lists
Navigation Boxes
Takashi Shimizu's Ju-on
Gakkô no kaidan G (1998)
Ju-on (2000)
Ju-on 2 (2000)
Ju-on: The Grudge 2 (2003)
The Grudge (2004)
The Grudge 2
The Grudge 3 (2009)
