Ring
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Directed by	Hideo Nakata
Produced by	Takashige Ichise Shinya Kawai Takenori Sento
Written by	Novel: Koji Suzuki Screenplay: Hiroshi Takahashi
Music by	Kenji Kawai
Cinematography	Junichiro Hayashi
Editing by	Nobuyuki Takahashi
Distributed by	Toho
Released	January 31, 1998
Running time	96 min.
Preceded by	Ring 0: Birthday (prequel)
Followed by	Rasen (original sequel) Ring 2 (alternate sequel)
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Ring (リング, Ring) is a 1998 Japanese horror film based on a novel by Koji Suzuki and directed by Hideo Nakata.

PlotEdit

When investigative reporter Reiko's cousin is mysteriously killed, she begins to hear gossip about a videotape that causes anyone views it to die. She investigates further, eventually viewing the tape herself and accidentally allowing her young son to see it. She receives a strange phone call in which a voice tells her "Seven days". She teams up with her ex-husband Ryuji to get to the bottom of this evil curse before their son falls victim to it.

CastEdit

• Nanako Matsushima ... Reiko Asakawa
• Miki Nakatani ... Mai Takano
• Hiroyuki Sanada ... Ryuji Takayama
• Yuko Takeuchi ... Tomoko Oishi
• Hitomi Sato ... Masami Kurahashi
• Yōichi Numata ... Takashi Yamamura
• Yutaka Matsushige ... Yoshino
• Katsumi Muramatsu ... Koichi Asakawa
• Rikiya Otaka ... Yoichi Asakawa
• Masako ... Shizuko Yamamura
• Daisuke Ban ... Dr. Heihachiro Ikuma
• Kiyoshi Risho ... Omiya the Cameraman
• Yurei Yanagi ... Okazaki
• Yoko oshima ... Reiko's Aunt
• Kiriko Shimizu ... Ryomi Oishi
• Rie Inou ... Sadako Yamamura
• Hiroyuki Watanabe ... Hayatsu
• Miwako Kaji ... Kazue Yamamura
• Yoko Kima ... Junior High Schoolgirl
• Asami Nagata ... Junior High Schoolgirl
• Keiko Yoshida ... Senior High Schoolgirl
• Yoshiko Matsumaru ... Senior High Schoolgirl
• Yoho Naose ... Senior High Schoolgirl
• Maki Ikeda ... Yoko Tsuji
• Takashi Takayama ... Takehiko Nomi
• Toshiliko Takeda ... Yamamura as a Teenager
• Chihiro Shirai ... Sadako as a Young Girl
• Mantaro Koichi ... Town Hall Moderator
• Shinkichi Noda ... Press Representative
• Kazufumi Nakai ... Press Representative

External linksEdit

• Ring review at Snowblood Apple