International School in Tokyo, Japan. Sarah Michelle Gellar as Karen Davis, the sole, traumatized survivor of The Grudge Takako Fuji as Kayako Saeki, wife of Takeo Saeki, mother of Toshio Saeki, daughter of Nakagawa Kawamata and the titular role of the movie. Kyoka Takizawa as Young Kayako Edison Chen as Eason, a journalist who is investigating the Saeki murders Teresa Palmer as Vanessa Cassidy, the popular schoolgirl bully of Tokyo International High School Misako Uno as Miyuki Nazawa, Vanessa's best friend Matthew Knight as Jake Kimble, a young boy who suspects something happening in their apartment Sarah Roemer as Lacey Kimble, a cheerleader and Jake's kind and supporting older sister Jennifer Beals as Trish Kimble, Bill's new wife Christopher Cousins as Bill Kimble, Jake and Lacey's father Jenna Dewan as Sally, Lacey's neighbor and best friend Eve Gordon as Principal Dale, Tokyo International High School's counselor Ohga Tanaka and Yuya Ozeki (archive footage) as Toshio Saeki, Kayako and Takeo's 7-year-old son Takashi Matsuyama as Takeo Saeki, Kayako's husband who becomes angry after seeing that she has feelings for another man Joanna Cassidy as Mrs. Davis, Karen and Aubrey's sick mother who lives in Pasadena, California, USA. Shaun Sipos as Michael, Miyuki's boyfriend Jason Behr as Doug, Karen's boyfriend (in photographs) Kim Miyori as Nakagawa Kawamata, Kayako's mother and a Japanese itako Ryo Ishibashi as Detective Nakagawa (in interview video) Paul Jarrett as John Fleming, Allison's father Gwenda Lorenzetti as Annie Fleming, Allison's mother Production The Grudge 2 was announced three days after the release of The Grudge in 2004 and was officially fasttracked after a positive box office response with the film grossing $110,175,871. In early January 2005, Shimizu suggested ideas regarding the film's plot. Ideas included the origin of the curse and new character subplots. The film was later placed into development hell for almost a year until December 2005, when the first few cast members were announced (Sarah Michelle Gellar and Teresa Palmer) . Other production details were also revealed, including the original scheduled date for principal photography, which was due to begin January 30, 2006, but was postponed until February. Principal photography for The Grudge 2 was held at Toho Studios in Tokyo, Japan and production wrapped up on April 25, 2006. During an interview on Dread Central with Amber Tamblyn, it was reported that sets were created in Chicago for Tamblyn to re-shoot several scenes. Shimizu