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."
Takashi Ishii (film director) Takashi Ishii (石井隆 , "Ishii Takashi" , born 11 July 1946) is a Japanese film director, screenwriter and manga artist. He has directed several "pinku eiga" erotic films, but his most notable feature was the 1995 nihilistic crime thriller "Gonin" starring Takeshi Kitano.