Tale of Two Sisters begins with a few opening credits, next it goes onto a patterned background with the title written across it in Korean. It then shows more credits consecutively across the patterned background which slowly dissolve away to the right. The camera then slowly pans out, and the pattern from the background starts floating away, as this happens the credits being shown turn from white to red. The image then fades to black and the story begins.
The Grudge (2004)
The opening begins with 'Columbia' film production's ident. It then moves onto Ghost House Pictures ident. Next, text shows up on a black background which begins to tell the narrative of the start of the story. The film begins, showing a scene of a couple, suddenly the man throws himself off the couple's balcony. Next, the credits begin on a black screen, they are written in red. After the credits, the black fades away to red, and the title of the film is shown, in Japanese, in black across a rep, rippled background. The red ripples are then disturbed by the silhouette of a hand, and the title is shown again in black, but this time written in English. This then ripples away and the rest of the credits are shown, all with a rippling sequence in between each one. Blackness then envelops the red, and the story begins.
Dark Water (2002)
The film opening begins with Kadokawa Shoten film ident. Next, the credits show in white across a black background. The black fades away to show murky water with a dim light shining in one corner of the scene, like a torch, still with consecutive white credits across the screen in different places. All the credits are written in Japanese. The water then gives way to the beginning of the story.
From my analysis of Japanese Horror opening sequences, I can understand that they focus heavily on red and white coloured credits with black backgrounds. I can also see that many of the credits dissolve or face eerily into the background, creating a mysterious and tense feel to the opening sequences.
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