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Ringu (1998)
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A mysterious video kills whoever views it, unless that viewer can solve its mystery. Director:Hideo Nakata |
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Nanako Matsushima | ... | |
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Miki Nakatani | ... | |
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Hitomi Satô | ... | |
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Yôichi Numata | ... | |
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Yutaka Matsushige | ... |
Yoshino
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Katsumi Muramatsu | ... | |
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Rikiya Ôtaka | ... |
Yôichi Asakawa
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Masako | ... | |
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Daisuke Ban | ... |
Heihachirô Ikuma
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Hiroshi Sakuma | ... |
Komiya Kameraman
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Yûrei Yanagi | ... |
AD Okazaki
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Yôko Ohshima | ... |
Reiko no Oba
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Kiriko Shimizu | ... |
Yoshimi Ôishi
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Makoto Kakeda | ... |
Kanrinin
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Storyline
Reiko Asakawa is researching into a 'Cursed Video' interviewing teenagers about it. When her niece Tomoko dies of 'sudden heart failure' with an unnaturally horrified expression on her face, Reiko investigates. Shes finds out that some of Tomoko's friends, who had been on a holiday with Tomoko the week before, had died on exactly the same night at the exact same time in the exact same way. Reiko goes to the cabin where the teens had stayed and finds an 'unlabled' video tape. Reiko watched the tape to discover to her horror it is in fact the 'cursed videotape'. Ex Husband Ryuji helps Reiko solve the mystery, Reiko makes him a copy for further investigation. Things become more tense when their son Yoichi watches the tape saying Tomoko had told him too. Their discovery takes them to a volcanic island where they discover that the video has a connection to a Physic who died 30 years ago, and her child Sadako... Written by Hana Jo Gilmour
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
"One curse, one cure, one week to find it" See more »Parents Guide:
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JapanLanguage:
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(Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Ring See more »Box Office
Budget:
$1,200,000 (estimated)Gross:
SGD 1,706,363 (Singapore) (13 October 1999)Company Credits
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Dolby SRAspect Ratio:
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Trivia
The effect of Sadako coming out of the well was accomplished with only one simple special effect. Rie Ino'o, who is a student of the Kabuki theatre, which uses exaggerated motion and jerking movements to emphasize emotion, was heavily involved in the development of the Sadako character. Inou was filmed walking backwards and the film was run in reverse - the end result is Sadako walking forwards with unnatural motions. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: In a close-up of Sadako in the end scene, one of her fake finger extensions is coming off. See more »
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