Mari Asato

Mari Asato
安里 麻里
Born(1976-03-14)14 March 1976
Okinawa, Japan
Occupation
  • Film director
Years active1999–present

Mari Asato (安里 麻里, Asato Mari, born 14 March 1976) is a Japanese film director.

Primarily known for the film Ju-On: Black Ghost (2009), part of The Grudge film installments, her other films include the politically undertoned Samurai Chicks (Dokuritsu Shôjo Gurentai) (2004), the cinematic rendition of Boy From Hell (2004), Twilight Syndrome: Dead Go Round (2008), Ring of Curse (2011), Bilocation (2012) and Fatal Frame (2014).