Japan Synopsis
呪怨2
While driving, the pregnant horror-movie actress Kyôko Harase and her fiancé are in a car crash. She loses her baby and her fiancé winds up in a coma. Kyôko was cursed together with a television crew when they shot a show in the haunted house where Kayako was brutally murdered by her husband years ago. While each member of the team dies or disappears, Kyôko is informed that she has a three-and-a-half-month-old fetus in her womb.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Ju-on: The Grudge 2. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Oz Company
Horror + Thriller in Japan
90 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Horror and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ju-on: The Grudge 2 itself).
The 2002–2004 Japan Window
In the crowded 2002-2004 Japan release window, Ju-on: The Grudge 2 sits at #185 of 263. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ju-on: The Grudge 2 premiered alongside 84 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 32m runtime, production spent $217K per minute on screen and earned $768K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 84 other Japan films in 2003.
The 1533rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
283 audience reviews — more than 89% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 81th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Ju-on: The Grudge 2, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- abandoned house · 2
- tv production · 1
- traffic accident · 1
- pregnancy · 22
- spirit · 20
- vengeful ghost · 13
- japan · 454
- revenge · 210
- remake · 101
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,416 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (25th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Horror productions specifically: #140 of 391 (top 36%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Oz Company, Aozora Investments, Pioneer LDC, Nikkatsu Corporation, Xanadeux Company |
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Release Date | August 15, 2003 |
| IMDb | tt0367913 |