Which director is Japanese, Tony Scott or Takashi Shimizu?
Takashi Shimizu Takashi Shimizu (清水 崇 "Shimizu Takashi", born 27 July 1972) is a Japanese filmmaker. He is best known for being the creator of the Japanese "Ju-on" series and American "The Grudge" franchise. According to film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon, Shimizu is "one of a new breed of Japanese horror directors" who prefers to "suggest menace and violence rather than directly depict it."
Jun Ichikawa Jun Ichikawa (市川 準 , Ichikawa Jun , 25 November 1948 – 19 September 2008) was a Japanese film director and screenwriter. He was first a director of television commercials before adding filmmaking to his creative activities. His most famous film outside Japan was "Tony Takitani", an adaptation of a short story by Haruki Murakami. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage after suddenly collapsing at a restaurant, shortly before his latest film, "Buy a Suit", was to premier at the Tokyo International Film Festival.