Forum - View topicNEWS: Ring Author Koji Suzuki Dies at 68
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malvarez1
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The J horror scene would no doubt be very different without him. RIP
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-Matthew-
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Rest in peace.
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Kicksville
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That's a shock. I'd been reading his works over the last few years and finished Birthday not that long ago. I see his last novel came out just last year.
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mdo7
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That's very sad to hear, I know of his impact on J-horror thanks to Ringu/The Ring, Dark Water (yes, the movie Dark Water both Japanese and the US/American remake was based on the short story of the same name which he wrote), and probably others. He'll be missed, RIP!!!
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YagamiBlackstone255
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It took me a while to get who this was, because Ring was always called Ringu for some gosh darned reason and it wasnt Japanophiles doing that.
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Cardcaptor Takato
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I'm not much of a big horror fan but the original Japanese Ring films have always been some of my favorite Asian films and I enjoyed the original book as well. The original Japanese Ring film is still one I watch every Halloween. RIP Koji Suzuki.
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Zimmer
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Hopefully the last book in the Ringu series, Tide, will be translated eventually now.
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GATSU
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Ryuhei Kitamura paid tribute on IG. https://www.instagram.com/p/DYJibX_lig1/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
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GATSU
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Also, Criterion said on Bluesky that The Ring is available on their channel.
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Multi-Facets
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I'm a lot more Not Okay about this than I thought I'd be when I saw the news on my niece in-law's Facebook. I genuinely believe Suzuki-san's work helped catapult J-horror to the global access stage when the Japanese media boom happened in the late '90s to early 2000s, and sixty-eight is just too gods-d--ned young.
Rinne tenshou. May his memory be a blessing. |
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Cardcaptor Takato
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It was definitely because of the success of The Ring that caused American studios to license and remake more J-horror films for an American audience. Most of those other remakes were never as well liked as The Ring but they did allow for the original films to be released with subtitles and other companies to just start license more Asian horror generally .
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mdo7
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And I want to add this was before streaming existed (Netflix at that time was mailing/shipping out DVDs since its birth in 1997), and this was before subtitles (along with SDH subtitles/closed captioning) have become normalized thanks to HDTVs and their in-perfect speakers along with changes in how acting and dialogue which has led to more people using subtitles making it easier and transitioning to watching foreign films with English subtitles. |
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SenpaiDuckie
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Definitely agree with you. I never knew horror movies can be that terrifying, SFX realistic, and immensely powerful until I watched The Ring. And I am not ashamed to say that after I watched that movie, I couldn't even turn on my TV for days and sleep in a room with a TV just cause I was that scared. After the proliferation of Asian horror and movies such as The Eye, Ju-on, Dark Water, and Shutter, I learned that if it wasn't for the creator of The Ring, Koji Suzuki, Asian horror films and stories wouldn't have been well-known and be well-received by horror movie fans and the rest of the world. Rest in peace, Koji Suzuki-san. |
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