Ringu (live-action movie)
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Alternative title:
Ring
リング (Japanese)
Age rating:
Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary:
Following the mysterious death of her niece Tomoko, news reporter Reiko Asakawa investigates the cases of other teenagers who died of the same cause. Her only clue is an unmarked videotape with vague images. Rumor has it that whoever watches the tape will receive a phone call from an unknown person, and he or she will die in seven days. After viewing the tape, Reiko and her ex-husband Ryuji Takayama must race against time to decipher the tape's contents and crack an unsolved mystery.
Running time:
96 minutes
Vintage:
1998-01-31
Premiere date:
1998-01-31 (Japan)
1999-04-29 (Hong Kong)
1999-08-12 (Singapore)
1999-10-12 (Spain - Sitges Film Festival)
2000-08-18 (UK)
2000-09-27 (Finland - Helsinki International Film Festival)
2000-11-24 (Spain - General Release)
2001-04-11 (France)
2001-04-28 (Sweden - Uppsala Horror Film Festival)
2001-09-13 (Australia)
2001-09-28 (Denmark)
2002-08-22 (Israel - TV Broadcast)
2002-09-09 (Argentina - De Kurosawa a Kitano: 50 años de Cine Japonés)
2002-10-10 (Poland - Warsaw Film Festival)
2002-11-15 (Poland - General Release)
2002-12-04 (Philippines)
2003-03-04 (USA - Video Release)
2003-05-15 (Germany - DVD Release)
2003-05-21 (Italy - DVD Release)
2003-06-06 (Denmark - J-Horror Cavalcade)
2003-08-20 (Philippines - Cinemanila Film Festival)
2004-01-22 (Argentina)
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Director: Hideo Nakata Screenplay: Hiroshi Takahashi Music: Kenji Kawai Original Novel: Koji Suzuki Director of Photography: Junichiro Hayashi Executive producer: Masato Hara Producer: Associate producer: Makoto Ishihara Editing: Nobuyuki Takahashi Lighting: Nobuo Maehara Line Producer: Tatsuya Isomura Production Design: Iwao Saito Visual Effects: Hajime Matsumoto | Nanako Matsushima as Hiroyuki Sanada as Katsumi Muramatsu as Rie Inou as Chihiro Shirai as Daisuke Ban as Hitomi Satou as Kiriko Shimizu as Kiyoshi Risho as Maki Ikeda as Miki Nakatani as Rikiya Otaka as Yoichi Numata as Yoko Oshima as Yuko Takeuchi as Yurei Yanagi as Yutaka Matsushige as | |||||||
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