Ju-On: The Final Curse

Ju-on: The Final Curse
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呪怨 -ザ・ファイナル-
Directed by	Masayuki Ochiai
Written by	Masayuki Ochiai Takashige Ichise
Produced by	Takashige Ichise
Starring	Airi Taira Renn Kiriyama Nonoka Ono Yurina Yanagi Miyabi Matsuura RIMI Kanan Nakahara Misaki Saisho Kai Kobayashi Yasuhito Hida Yuina Kuroshima Yoshihiko Hakamada Nozomi Sasaki
Release date	June 20, 2015 (2015-06-20)
Running time	90 Minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Box office	$5 million[1]

Ju-On: The Final Curse (呪怨 -ザ・ファイナル-, Ju-on -Za Fainaru-) is a 2015 Japanese supernatural horror film and the eleventh installment of the Ju-on franchise. The film is a direct sequel to Ju-on: The Beginning of the End, set in that film's continuity and was marketed as the final film in the Ju-on franchise. The film was produced and co-written by Takashige Ichise and directed and co-written by Masayuki Ochiai. The film was released on June 20, 2015.^[2]

Plot

Like previous films in the series, Ju-on: The Final Curse is told in an anachronistic order through eight vignettes titled after characters featured in the story. They are, in order: Mai (麻衣), Reo (玲央), Ena (絵菜), Madoka (まどか), Toshio (俊雄), Midori (碧), Sota (奏太), and Kayako (伽椰子). The synopsis presents a rough chronology of the film's plot.

Reo Hasegawa, a high school girl living with Maki, her single mother, gets to live with her maternal cousin, Toshio Saeki, who has recently lost his parents. Ever since Toshio moves into her house, strange things begin to happen, including hauntings by Toshio's mother, Kayako, experienced by both Reo and Maki. Reo's friend, Midori, is disturbed after a creepy encounter with Toshio and decides to do a karaoke while mourning for her older sister, Yayoi, who went missing nine years ago. Her karaoke screen distorts into a freakish image, and when she returns from the restroom, Midori sees apparitions of Yayoi and a meowing Toshio. Yayoi then grabs Midori and kills her by throwing her into the ceiling. Reo's other friend, Madoka, searches for Toshio and finds the truth about the deaths of his parents, Reo's uncle Takeo, and Kayako. Just after she uploads the information to Reo, Madoka sees Toshio's ghost, who boils her from the inside.

Reo sneaks into Toshio's room and finds him motionless. When she is grabbed by another Toshio, Reo freaks out and falls down the stairs. She and Maki board themselves from Kayako, but the latter realizes that the ghosts will never let them go. She heads into the kitchen to arm herself with a knife and gets killed by Kayako. Swearing revenge, Reo heads upstairs with the knife and attempts to kill Toshio, but Kayako kills her by breaking her back.

Meanwhile, Mai Shono, a hotel staff member, is concerned about her younger sister, Yui, who disappeared mysteriously. She meets an apparition of Yui telling her about Toshio and receives a voice message that contains croaking noises. Receiving Yui's belongings, Mai finds Yui's former teacher's book and searches for Toshio's address but learns that the Saeki house has been demolished and barred from being built again by Kyosuke Takeda, who had lost his wife and sister-in-law to the curse. Mai asks Kyosuke for Reo's address but finds her house empty. Mai's boyfriend, the train station guard Sota Kitamura, questions Ena, a psychic girl living near Reo's house, as she has been recording Toshio's activities. Experiencing her telepathic visions, he goes to the house but is strangled by Toshio. Ending up killing him but surviving, Sota becomes paranoid and is eventually killed by Kayako in his and Mai's apartment.

Deciding to end the curse, Mai arrives at Reo's house again and meets with the ghosts of Reo and her mother. They present the possessed Ena as Toshio. It is then revealed that Toshio Yamaga, the true mastermind of the curse, has the ability to enter and leave other people's bodies. Toshio Yamaga had left Toshio Saeki's body when Sota killed him and now possesses Ena as his new vessel. Seeing Toshio leave Ena's body, Mai frantically tries to escape but is cornered by Kayako. Kayako suddenly changes into Yui, who bemoans her suffering and states that the curse will never end. Yui, laughing maniacally at Mai, morphs back into Kayako, her mouth now cut and hanging wide open. The film ends with Toshio sitting in the kitchen and Mai whispering "help me," leaving her fate unknown.

Cast

• Airi Taira as Mai Shono (生野麻衣, Shōno Mai)
• Renn Kiriyama as Sota Kitamura (北村奏太, Kitamura Sōta)
• Nonoka Ono as Reo Hasegawa (長谷川玲央, Hasegawa Reo)
• Yurina Yanagi as Midori (碧)
• Miyabi Matsuura as Madoka (まどか)
• RIMI as Ena (絵菜)
• Kanan Nakahara as Maki Hasegawa (長谷川真紀, Hasegawa Maki)
• Yuina Kuroshima as Yayoi (弥生)
• Misaki Saisho as Kayako Saeki
• Kai Kobayashi as Toshio Saeki
• Yasuhito Hida as Takeo Saeki
• Yoshihiko Hakamada as Kyosuke Takeda (竹田京介, Takeda Kyōsuke)
• Nozomi Sasaki as Yui Shono (生野結衣, Shōno Yui)
• Hikakin as Waiter (ファミレス店員, Famiresu Ten'in)

References

External links

• Official website (in Japanese)
• Ju-On: The Final Curse at IMDb
• Ju-on: Za fainaru (Ju-on: The Final Curse) at Rotten Tomatoes

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