Ju-On: Origins
Taste attributes: dramamysteryhorrormonster/alien/supernaturalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarygrittyenclosedcomplex relationshipfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seems
Boxlist takeHeightened and morally murky: a fresh mystery series, heavy rather than light. Best if you like edge over warmth.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.7 /10
TMDB · 141 votes
Where to watch
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Season
Season 1
· 2020 · 6 episodesA paranormal researcher searches obsessively for a cursed home where something terrible happened to a mother and her child long ago.
Episodes (6)
1Episode 13 Jul 2020
A young actress is troubled by mysterious footsteps in her apartment. Intrigued, paranormal researcher Yasuo asks her to record the sounds.
2Episode 23 Jul 2020
Things change for Kiyomi and her attackers after the incident at the abandoned house. Tetsuya's psychic mother reaches out to Haruka.
3Episode 33 Jul 2020
Kiyomi is now a mother, but her hard life takes a turn for the worse. Through it all, she continues to have visions of the woman in white.
4Episode 43 Jul 2020
His obsessive search for the cursed house leads Yasuo to "M," an incarcerated child killer. A pregnant woman incurs her husband's wrath.
5Episode 53 Jul 2020
Yasuo realizes that he has a deep connection to the cursed house. After seeing her in a vision, he goes out in search of Kiyomi.
6Episode 63 Jul 2020
A young couple expecting a child moves into the house. To get answers, Yasuo, Haruka and Michiko all pay a visit to the cursed home.
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What lines up
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
A paranormal researcher searches obsessively for a cursed home where something terrible happened to a mother and her child long ago.
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- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2020
- Episode length
- 30 min
- Status
- Ended
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