Born in Tokyo on July 27th 1972, Takako Fuji started her career when she joined En Theatrical Campany when she was studying acting at Aoyama Gakuin University. She was mainly playing on the stage or voice-over, and had the screen debut in 2003 as Kayako Saeki in "Ju-On" directed by Takashi Shimizu. Her specialty is dancing modern ballet, and ...
Trained in ballet dancing from the age of 4 until she was 11.
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Has a fear of fire (pyrophobia), which made shooting any scenes with fire in the Ju-on franchise difficult.
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Is a trained contortionist and ballet dancer, which helped in performing the unnatural movements required to play Kayako Saeki.
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Is superstitious and has always believed in the supernatural.
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Turned down the chance to reprise her role as Kayako in The Grudge 3 (2009) after growing tired of playing the role for about a decade of film productions. Up until that film she had played the role in every installment of the franchise, American and Japanese versions.
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Ghost in the Shell Arise: Border 2 - Ghost Whisper
$17 Million
