JU-ON: THE CURSE (2000) Ending Explained | Movie Recap

JU-ON: THE CURSE (2000) Ending Explained | Movie Recap

In this video we Recap the classic 2000 Japanese Horror film JU-ON THE CURSE and explain the ending.

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Background Song: Ghost Stories Incorporated - Alone With Your Voices

[aliceveil]

According to the actress and director, Kayako isn't enraged. She's in despair. She constantly leaves her diary out for anyone to see so that they would know what happened to her. She and Toshio want help, but like you said, the curse keeps that from happening.

[StrangeMachines]

The original ju on. There is something about that film feels like full despair. Thank you very much for covering this hidden gem

[domoetker]

This movie came out when I was living in Japan. I went and saw it, and then went back to my rented Japanese style house with the same kind of closets as in the movie. For a while I hated getting clothes out of those closets. But that wasn't the worst part. The house had only a crawlspace attic, and every morning i would awake to the sound of someone running in my attic and it scared the crap out of me. Turned out that it was only crows running across my roof.

[naimvelasquez]

I used to be absolutely and inconsolably terrified of both Kayako and Toshio for the last 2 decades even though I have successfully avoided all Ju-on films up until adulthood (I did use to brush my hair over my face and crawl towards my friends as a child tho, the imagery is iconic and yes I know I'm a hypocrite). Now though, I couldn't even be scared by this last part of the history because of how sad I feel for everyone involved (minus the husband). Rage is one of the ugliest emotions, but it's also tragic in the way it can easily take over the human brain. I've known people that have been in the same position as the main characters minus the violent death part and I have to say, kudos to the directors for not being afraid of portraying abuse victims as a vengeful, corrupted souls, even if it wasn't the original purpose of the characters and I'm reading too much into it

[princeluffy]

It's interesting because while Kayako was definitely in love with her son's sensei, Takeo just assumed that she was cheating and Toshio wasn't his. It's clear to us that he didn't really know she was alive. She was just a student's mother to him. He and his wife suffered such an awful fate for an obsession he wasn't even aware of.

[SenorWetback]

It’s amazing how these low budget ju on films are so much more terrifying than any of the theatrical films. Takako Fuji is a legend!

[kevina]

7:53 Mizuho was cursed because she went to the house. Kanna said to Yuki that her brother brought his girlfriend to the house once.

[grapeshot]

So much batshit craziness because of a woman who had a creepy obsession and a husband who was a rage machine.

[JavelinAngel]

You should also point out Katasumi and 444-444-4444 as the prequels to Ju On The Curse. What I find so astounding is the fact that Takako Fuji, the actress who played as Kayako portrayed that character from the span of Katasumi all the way to The Grudge 2 American version. Too bad The Grudge 3, Ju On 4, Ju On 5, and Sam Raimi's The Grudge wasn't her anymore. Takako Fuji is a Horror Legend in my book.

[ryulee]

Poor Kayako like I felt her pain after she was neglect by her parents and abused. Even students treated her bad and picked on her. Somehow Kayako has a ability but we don't know what kind of ability unless it's like Sadako with psychic power. Now in college or in her teen adult age, she met Taeko who understands her and loves her and got married and had a child name Toshio. It's sad that Taeko accuse of Kayako cheating but she only has a crush on him and that's all but his rage and jealous killing her, there cat, and his own son. Sad story. :(

[passingrando]

5:28 god, that shot always got me. Juon was my first Japanese horror film, and it struck me that this wasn't the style of horror I was used to.

There was no bombastic music, the camera didn't change or zoom in. You're just looking at the house, probably focusing on Kobayashi, and then just notice movement up on the balcony, and boom. There she is.

The series habit of having her just there in the background without drawing focus to her haunts me in a way I wish more movies did.

[vietbluecoeur]

So, so grateful that you're covering these! I've recently been on a bit of a J-horror stint, but despite Ju-On's deserved fame, I can't seem to quite bring myself to watch this series at all. Ju-On has always had such a horrific presence to me. At least in the Ringu movies there is a chance presented to save yourself, even at the expense of others. In Ju-On, there is no escape, just overwhelming despair and brutal death. It's so effectively haunting for more reasons than just how scary Kayako and Toshio are, and I think this movie's ending scene with Takeo in the street, erratically flinging around the Kobayashis' unborn baby in a trash bag, is the prime example of how and why. Good job covering all of these, man. For all the scares, it's honestly super interesting to learn how this series became so iconic!

[thehorrorarchive]

Takako Fuji will forever remain the most iconic actress who’s portrayed Kayako. Not only for being the first but being the one who played her the most. Kayako still has a terrifying presence to this day…and it is all thanks to Fuji-san and Takashi Shimizu’s excellent writing and directing

[Wandering_Nowhere]

Kayako looked genuinely terrifying in this. Not in a spooky sense, but just the torment and despair only Takako Fuji could evoke. There was more tragedy in the earlier films vs the over-the-top jump scare bs that the series is more widely known for (the fact they keep rebooting this into something else).

[grapeshot]

Yeah the actress that played in Battle Royale and in Kill Bill vol 1 she played in another Japanese movie where she was obsessed with this boy and was able to shrink him to a very miniature size. She also played in the movie where a dead woman's hair came to life seeking vengeance. It's called Hair Extensions. It's one of those WTF JAPAN movies you should give it a watch.

[nimlasmurr]

In a weird way, I appreciate that the deaths involving toshio aren't super violent- hes just there and then you're dead, as opposed to others and his mother being super creepy and scary about it.

[Goblin_Ghost]

"She is then killed by Kayako who probably didn't want Yuki smoking in her house."

If you ignore the tragedy, Kayako is basically the embodiment of "GET OFF MY LAWN." 😂

[sandraweilbrenner]

The lady that plays kayako also plays the maid in renni ( reincarnation ) also a shimisu film, a must watch. In the extras she talks about playing kayako and her flexibility.

[FromAmericaToJapan]

Awesome! I was so confused by all the Ju-on’s and grudges I didn’t understand all of it. This made it clear to understand. I did watch the short series and loved it too.

[Gmanime]

I thought the father drowned the boy. I'm not sure if the American version changed it but I believe I remember at the time when a family was shown viewing the house, the guy in selling heard Toshio splashing around and trying to breathe before he came in. Or someone did in that movie. Drowned Toshio and Mar were drowned around the same time which is how they somehow linked spirits. Now the linked spirits part is my speculation because the boy shrieks like a cat.
Nice brothers of destruction reference lol, perfect metaphor.
What is it with this title and dismembering jaws? I remember reading a couple volumes of the Ju-on manga. Not sure if they were the same characters but one of the girls lost her jaw because for some reason, a bunch of cats decided to one by one jump into the girl's mouth then she walked home, was seen by her mother with no jaw and as much as I want to, I won't say the rest.