Ring

Name: Ring
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Released: 1998-01-31
Duration: 1 h 36 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rikiya Ôtaka, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi

One curse, one cure, one week to find it

リング (1998)

Timing: 1:36 (96 min)

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Actors and characters

Video for the film Ring — Mark Kermode reviews Ring (1997) | BFI Player

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Release date

1998-01-31

Country

Japan

Production

TOHO, KADOKAWA Shoten, Omega Project, Rasen Production Committee

Genre

Horror, Thriller

Budget

$1 200 000

Box office

$347 464

Website

Director

Hideo Nakata

Actors

Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rikiya Ôtaka, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi, Hitomi Sato, Yutaka Matsushige, Yōichi Numata, Katsumi Muramatsu, Masako
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Scenario

Producer

Takashige Ichise, Takenori Sentô, Shin'ya Kawai

Camera operator

Junichiro Hayashi

Composer

Kenji Kawai

Artist

Iwao Saitô

Audition

Editing

Nobuyuki Takahashi
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Short description

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

What's left behind the scenes

During the filming of the scene with Sadako emerging from the well, the actress Rie Inou backed away, and in the editing, the footage was reversed, making Sadako's movements appear very unusual.
Koji Suzuki, the author of the novel that formed the basis for this Japanese film, was inspired by his favorite horror movie, "Poltergeist".
The author Koji Suzuki was inspired by his favorite horror movie, 'Poltergeist', to write the novel that served as the basis for this Japanese film.
The film is based on the novels "Ringu" (1991) and "Rasen" (1995) by Koji Suzuki.
The prototype for one of the film's characters, Shizuko Yamamura, was the real-life Shizuko Mifune, who was born in 1886 and was rumored to possess the gift of clairvoyance. In 1910, she was declared a fraud, and a year later, she committed suicide by jumping into a volcanic crater.
The film is based on Koji Suzuki's novels 'Ringu' (1991) and 'Rasen' (1995).
The prototype for one of the film's heroines, Shizuko Yamamura, was a real person named Shizuko Mifune, born in 1886 and rumored to have possessed psychic abilities. In 1910, she was declared a charlatan, and a year later she committed suicide by jumping into a volcano crater.
During the filming of the scene where Sadako emerges from the well, actress Rie Inou walked backward; during editing, the footage was reversed, making Sadako's movements appear very unusual.