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Although J-Horror had been around for decades it properly exploded into the Japanese public consciousness in 1998 when Hideo Nakata released Ringu.
Its target demographic was high schools [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but its sudden popularity across both genders and all the way up to the middle-aged spawned a pop culture phenomenon. The Japanese market was flooded with horror films such Odishon, Ju-on and Shikoku. This inevitable overexposure to horror films, combined with a general culture move away from the cinema saw these films start to flop, effectively killing off the industry by 2000.
J-Horror Influences
The Grudge, dir. Takashi Shimizu, based on Ju-on (2000,) Senator International (2004)
Bibliography
“Yotsuya Kaidan” Kabuki121
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“Shinto” Japan-Guide.com
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The Ring, dir. Gore Verbinski, based on Ringu (1998), DreamWorks SKG (2002)
Japanese horror is also heavily influenced by religious and cultural beliefs, the most prevalent of these being in Kami - Shinto deities that are spirits. It is an inherent Shinto animistic belief that spirits are a normal part of the everyday world.
It was around this time that these films were being picked up by Western fans, and was when the term ‘J-Horror’ was officially coined. Hollywood became aware of the popularity of these Japanese horror films, and saw that they could actually buy these films from the Japanese for a small price. They also saw the potential to remake them for a suitably small amount (The Grudge was made for $10 million), and thus, the J-Horror phenomenon was officially born.
Oshima, M (1998) Yotsuya Ghost Stories, in Traditional Japanese Theater [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], ed. Karen Brazell. Columbia University Press, 1990, N (2005) The Death of J-Horror?, Midnight Eye. Updated 22/12/2005,
J-Horror in its original form refers to Japanese horror films that have made a significant contribution to the horror genre in popular culture. More recently [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], its meaning has been adapted by cult followers to refer specifically to Japanese horror films that have been subjected to a Western remake. Commonly known examples of these are remakes such as The Ring (2002) and The Grudge (2004).
Many Japanese horror stories hold their origins in myth and folklore. These can be traced back as early as the Edo period (1600-1868) to Tsuruya Nanboku IV’s Ghost Story of Yotsuya, which was first performed in 1825.
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