Both have similar set pieces, including the memorable staircase scene. It can be argued that Ju-On has more emotional heft to its proceedings compared to the Hollywood remake. The trade off is the American version having better special effects overall.

"Ju" is a concept. The idea behind this meaning of Ju is "to be gentle", "to give way", "to yield", "to blend", "to move out of harm's way". "Jutsu" is the principle or "the action" part of ju-jutsu. In Japanese this word means art.

Players sit at the machines they were randomly assigned during tournament registration. When the tournament timer begins, everyone in the session hits the spin reels  button and/or the bonus pop-ups  on their machine and plays for the duration of the countdown.